U+18179 "𘅹" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18179 "𘅹" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to transcribe the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China. This ideograph belongs to a vast block of over 6,000 Tangut characters encoded in the Unicode Standard, which was developed to preserve and digitally represent this historically significant script. The character itself represents a specific logographic concept or word from the Tangut lexicon, though its precise meaning often requires expert paleographic analysis due to the language's limited modern understanding. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent digital use across platforms for scholarly research, linguistic study, and the computational archiving of Tangut texts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘅹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘅹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x85 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDD79 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018179 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\udd79 |
Unicode Properties