U+18008 "𘀈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18008 "𘀈" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the Tangut script, a writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia Empire (11th-13th centuries). This character is part of the Tangut Supplement Unicode block, which was encoded to preserve and digitize these ancient symbols, many of which are found in historical manuscripts such as the "Pearl in the Palm" dictionary. The Tangut script itself is complex and highly distinct, with over 6,000 known characters, and U+18008 represents a single ideograph with a specific but often obscure meaning tied to the language's Sino-Tibetan roots, in some cases associated with concepts or objects depending on the textual context.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18008
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	𘀈
HTML Hex Encoding	𘀈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x80 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD820 0xDC08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018008
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud820\udc08

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	272.10
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-3910