U+18193 "𘆓" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18193 "𘆓" Tangut Ideograph-# is part of the Tangut script block, which encodes the historical writing system of the Tangut Empire that existed from the 11th to 13th centuries in present-day northwestern China. This particular ideograph represents a specific logographic character from the Tangut language, which was deciphered in the 20th century through the study of bilingual texts and dictionaries, notably the Pearl in the Palm. The character's exact meaning is not yet fully determined, but it belongs to a large corpus of over 6,000 known Tangut characters that were used to record Buddhist scriptures, legal documents, and official records, making U+18193 a vital piece of the puzzle in understanding this extinct and complex writing system.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘆓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘆓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x86 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDD93 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018193 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\udd93 |
Unicode Properties