U+18016 "𘀖" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18016 "𘀖" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This specific ideograph is one of over six thousand encoded in the Unicode Standard's Tangut block, representing a word or morpheme from a largely undeciphered corpus of historical texts. The character's structure follows the distinctive Tangut style, composed of intricate, blocky strokes that often combine radical-like components, though its precise meaning has not been fully identified by linguists. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and scholarly study of this unique writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18016
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	𘀖
HTML Hex Encoding	𘀖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x80 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD820 0xDC16
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018016
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud820\udc16

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	272.13
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-3928