U+18116 "𘄖" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18116 "𘄖" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific ideograph within the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in present-day northwestern China. This character, part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, represents a distinct lexical or morphemic unit, though its exact meaning and pronunciation are often subjects of ongoing scholarly research due to the limited number of surviving Tangut texts and the complexity of deciphering the script. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and facilitates linguistic study, allowing modern researchers to encode, share, and analyze this rare character in contemporary computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18116
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	𘄖
HTML Hex Encoding	𘄖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x84 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD820 0xDD16
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018116
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud820\udd16

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	310.9
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-0710