U+18209 "𘈉" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18209 "𘈉" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single written symbol from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in China. This specific ideograph belongs to the Tangut block of Unicode, which contains thousands of characters reconstructed from historical texts and dictionaries to digitally represent the logographic script. While its exact meaning is tied to the Tangut lexicon and often corresponds to a single syllable or morpheme, in Unicode it is assigned the descriptive placeholder label "Tangut Ideograph-#" due to the incomplete identification of many such characters. Its digital encoding ensures that scholars and linguists can preserve, study, and render this historical script in modern computing environments, supporting ongoing research into the culture and language of the Tangut people.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘈉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘈉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x88 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDE09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018209 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\ude09 |
Unicode Properties