U+18206 "𘈆" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘈆
U+18206 "𘈆" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded glyph from the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This character represents a single ideograph whose precise meaning and pronunciation have been reconstructed by scholars through the study of the Tangut dictionary, "The Pearl in the Palm," and other historical manuscripts. As part of the Tangut block in Unicode, U+18206 contributes to the digital preservation of this ancient script, enabling researchers to accurately store, display, and analyze texts that were once inscribed on wooden tablets, stone stele, and paper documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18206 |
| 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 | 𘈆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘈆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x88 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDE06 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018206 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\ude06 |
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 | 343.16 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-0875 |