U+18240 "𘉀" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘉀
U+18240 "𘉀" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded symbol from the Tangut script, which was used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character represents an ideograph, or logogram, whose exact meaning and pronunciation are determined by philological research into Tangut texts and dictionaries. As part of the Unicode Tangut block, it enables the digital preservation and scholarly study of this historical writing system, allowing modern computers to display and process this rare character for linguistic and cultural analysis.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18240 |
| 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 | 𘉀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘉀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x89 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDE40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018240 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\ude40 |
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 | 372.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-2975 |