U+181B8 "𘆸" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘆸

U+181B8 "𘆸" Tangut Ideograph-# is a character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China during the 11th to 16th centuries. This specific ideograph represents a unique lexical unit within the Tangut script, part of a complex syllabary of over 6,000 characters that were largely deciphered through the study of bilingual Chinese-Tangut inscriptions. Assigned to the Tangut Ideographs block of Unicode, it allows for the digital encoding and preservation of this historical script, enabling modern scholars and linguists to study and reference the Tangut language in electronic texts and databases, though its precise meaning often remains limited to specialized academic research.

General Properties

Code Point U+181B8
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 𘆸
HTML Hex Encoding 𘆸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x86 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDDB8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000181B8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\uddb8

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 328.11
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-1656