U+18009 "𘀉" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘀉
U+18009 "𘀉" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th-14th centuries). This character is part of the Tangut ideographs block in Unicode, which encodes thousands of logographic symbols that each represent a word or morpheme. The exact meaning and reading of U+18009 are not widely standardized in modern contexts, as Tangut script research is a highly specialized field, and many characters await definitive linguistic analysis. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and study of this historical script, facilitating scholarly work in philology and historical linguistics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18009 |
| 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 | 𘀉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘀉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x80 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDC09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018009 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\udc09 |
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 | L2008-3960 |