U+18132 "𘄲" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18132 "𘄲" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character is one of over 6,000 Tangut ideographs encoded in the Unicode Standard, specifically within the Tangut block, and it represents a specific morpheme or word in that historical language. Its precise meaning and phonetic value remain largely undeciphered, as scholars continue to reconstruct Tangut vocabulary from surviving manuscripts, making each ideograph like U+18132 a piece of a larger puzzle in understanding this medieval culture. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode ensures the preservation and digital accessibility of this rare and complex script for linguistic research and digital typography.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘄲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘄲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x84 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDD32 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018132 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\udd32 |
Unicode Properties