U+180BA "𘂺" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+180BA "𘂺" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the extinct Tangut script, which was used to write the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038-1227) in present-day northwestern China. This character belongs to a large block of over 6,000 Tangut ideographs encoded in the Unicode Standard, representing one of the most complex and extensive writing systems ever deciphered from ancient Eurasian history. The Tangut script was created in 1036 by imperial decree and features highly intricate strokes, with each character typically comprising 10 to 30 brush strokes, making interpretation reliant on the 1990s work of linguists who reconstructed its meanings through comparative analysis with Chinese and Tibetan sources. While this particular ideograph's specific definition is not widely documented in common references, it falls within the range of characters used in the surviving Tangut Buddhist texts, legal documents, and translations of Chinese classics that provide insight
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘂺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘂺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x82 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDCBA |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000180BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\udcba |
Unicode Properties