U+18142 "𘅂" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘅂
U+18142 "𘅂" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used during the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in medieval China. This character is part of the Tangut block in the Unicode Standard, which was designed to preserve and digitally represent the thousands of characters found in Tangut texts. The exact meaning of U+18142 is often not fully deciphered, as many Tangut ideographs remain subjects of ongoing linguistic research, but it contributes to the broader effort to make this historical script accessible for digital communication and scholarly study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18142 |
| 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 | 𘅂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘅂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x85 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDD42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018142 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\udd42 |
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 | 768.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-0693 |