U+18156 "𘅖" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18156 "𘅖" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character belonging to the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language during the Western Xia dynasty in China (11th-13th centuries). This particular ideograph represents a single syllable or logogram from the Tangut script, which is notoriously complex due to its thousands of characters, many of which remain undeciphered or have uncertain meanings. Encoded in Unicode's Tangut block, this character is part of ongoing efforts to preserve and digitally represent this ancient script, allowing scholars to study and document the language, though its specific meaning and usage require further historical and linguistic analysis.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18156
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	𘅖
HTML Hex Encoding	𘅖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x85 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD820 0xDD56
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018156
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud820\udd56

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	768.12
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-1320