U+18106 "𘄆" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘄆

U+18106 "𘄆" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block within Unicode, which encodes thousands of these complex symbols that were developed around 1036 CE by imperial decree to communicate official and religious texts. As a particular ideograph, U+18106 represents a unique meaning or word in the Tangut lexicon, though its exact translation often requires specialized philological study due to the script's complexity and the fragmented historical record. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital preservation and scholarly research of this rare historical writing system can continue, allowing modern linguists and historians to access and analyze these characters in electronic formats.

General Properties

Code Point U+18106
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 𘄆
HTML Hex Encoding 𘄆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x84 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDD06
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018106
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\udd06

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 308.13
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0183