U+18059 "𘁙" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18059 "𘁙" Tangut Ideograph-# is a glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken by the Tangut people in the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This specific ideograph represents one of thousands of logographic characters in the script, which was deciphered primarily through the study of bilingual Tangut-Chinese texts. The character's precise meaning is cataloged alongside structural components like radicals or strokes, but without specific dictionary citations, its exact semantic value remains tied to the historical and scholarly context of Tangut philology. As part of the Unicode Standard's Tangut block, U+18059 helps preserve and digitally encode this unique cultural heritage for modern research and digital use.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘁙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘁙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x81 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDC59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018059 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\udc59 |
Unicode Properties