U+18138 "𘄸" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘄸
U+18138 "𘄸" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This ideograph is part of a large block of over 6,000 Tangut characters encoded in Unicode, which were deciphered from historical manuscripts and inscriptions. The character itself represents a distinct semantic or phonetic unit within the Tangut language, though its exact meaning is often determined through comparative analysis of Tangut texts, as many characters remain partially understood by scholars.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18138 |
| 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 | 𘄸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘄸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x84 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDD38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018138 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\udd38 |
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 | 768.10 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-1708 |