U+181C9 "𘇉" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘇉

U+181C9 "𘇉" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the Tangut script, a complex writing system used during the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China (11th–13th centuries). This character represents an individual ideograph within the vast Tangut repertoire, which was primarily employed for recording the extinct Tangut language. Decipherment of such characters relies on comparative analysis with Chinese glossaries and multilingual inscriptions, though the exact meaning and reading of "𘇉" remain uncertain, as many Tangut ideographs have yet to be fully translated by linguists. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode standard ensures its digital preservation and facilitates scholarly research into this historically significant but poorly understood script.

General Properties

Code Point U+181C9
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 𘇉
HTML Hex Encoding 𘇉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x87 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDDC9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000181C9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\uddc9

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 328.14
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0192