U+17E18 "𗸘" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗸘
U+17E18 "𗸘" Tangut Ideograph-# is an encoded symbol from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty (11th to 14th centuries). This ideograph represents a specific character from the vast Tangut syllabary, which includes over 6,000 known logograms, and its precise meaning is typically documented in scholarly linguistic resources. As part of Unicode's Tangut block, U+17E18 enables digital preservation and study of this unique script, allowing researchers to access and analyze ancient texts in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17E18 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Ideograph-# |
| Block | Tangut |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𗸘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗸘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0xB8 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81F 0xDE18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017E18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81f\ude18 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Script | Tangut |
| Script Extensions | Tangut |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |
| Ideographic | Yes |
| kTGT_RSUnicode | 225.10 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-0316 |