U+18221 "𘈡" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘈡
U+18221 "𘈡" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in what is now northwestern China. This ideograph represents one of many complex logographic symbols in the Tangut script, which was deciphered partially through the study of bilingual Chinese-Tangut inscriptions and bilingual dictionaries. As a part of the Tangut block in Unicode, it helps preserve and digitally represent a critical piece of historical linguistic and cultural heritage, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to study, display, and transmit this unique script in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18221 |
| 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 | 𘈡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘈡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x88 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDE21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018221 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\ude21 |
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 | 354.14 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-1057 |