U+18218 "𘈘" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘈘

U+18218 "𘈘" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single logographic glyph from the Tangut script, a writing system historically used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Xixia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This character corresponds to a specific word or morpheme in the Tangut lexicon, encoded for modern digital use through the Unicode standard’s Tangut Ideograph block, which was added in version 9.0 of the Unicode Standard (2016). While the precise meaning of 𘈘 requires consultation of Tangut dictionaries or expert analysis, it exemplifies the ongoing effort to preserve and digitally represent historical scripts, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to study the language and its unique, complex characters in contemporary text processing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+18218
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 𘈘
HTML Hex Encoding 𘈘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x88 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDE18
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018218
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\ude18

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 350.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-1760