U+18159 "𘅙" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18159 "𘅙" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty, flourishing from the 11th to 13th centuries in present-day northwestern China. Assigned to the Tangut Ideographs block of Unicode, this character is part of a vast syllabary consisting of thousands of unique logographic signs, each representing a Tangut word or syllable. The specific meaning of this ideograph is not transparent to modern readers and requires specialized paleographic or linguistic knowledge to identify, as Tangut manuscript decipherment remains an ongoing scholarly effort. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally represent this complex script for researchers and cultural heritage projects.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘅙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘅙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x85 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDD59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018159 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\udd59 |
Unicode Properties