U+18021 "𘀡" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18021 "𘀡" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This specific ideograph, like others in the Tangut block, represents a distinct morpheme or word, though its precise meaning is not widely known outside specialist philological research. It was encoded in Unicode to support digital preservation and study of the script, which consists of thousands of highly complex logograms. As part of a script deciphered primarily through bilingual texts and Buddhist translations, U+18021 contributes to ongoing efforts to reconstruct the vocabulary and grammar of a once-lost civilization.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18021
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	𘀡
HTML Hex Encoding	𘀡
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x80 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD820 0xDC21
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018021
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud820\udc21

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	273.10
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-3901