U+18236 "𘈶" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘈶

U+18236 "𘈶" Tangut Ideograph-# is a member of the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to encode the extinct Tangut language of the Xixia Empire from the 11th to 16th centuries. This specific ideograph, part of a large block of over 6,000 characters, represents a single logographic symbol from a complex script that was designed to resemble Chinese characters but with distinct structural and phonetic principles. The character's precise meaning has often been reconstructed through comparative study of Tangut texts, such as bilingual inscriptions and Buddhist scriptures, though many ideographs like this one remain partially undocumented or understood only in specific historical contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode supports digital preservation and scholarly research of this unique and challenging script.

General Properties

Code Point U+18236
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 𘈶
HTML Hex Encoding 𘈶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x88 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDE36
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018236
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\ude36

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 367.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0472