U+18222 "𘈢" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘈢

U+18222 "𘈢" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in what is now northwestern China. This character represents one of over six thousand known Tangut ideographs, each typically corresponding to a single syllable or morpheme, and its precise meaning remains an active subject of philological study, as scholars continue to decipher texts from manuscripts and inscriptions. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard, as part of the Tangut block (U+17000 to U+187FF), ensures that this historical script can be digitally preserved and analyzed in modern computing environments, facilitating ongoing research into the language and culture of the Tangut civilization.

General Properties

Code Point U+18222
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 𘈢
HTML Hex Encoding 𘈢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x88 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDE22
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018222
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\ude22

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 354.16
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0193