U+18242 "𘉂" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18242 "𘉂" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific graphical symbol from the extinct Tangut script, which was used to write the Tangut language during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in what is now northwestern China. This character, like all Tangut ideographs, represents a distinct syllable or morpheme within the highly complex and logographic writing system that was deciphered in the 20th century primarily through bilingual inscriptions and glossaries. While its precise semantic meaning and phonetic value are known to specialists, in general computer and text contexts it serves as a placeholder or rendering for this historical script, enabling digital preservation and study of the Tangut language through the Unicode standard.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18242
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	𘉂
HTML Hex Encoding	𘉂
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x89 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD820 0xDE42
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018242
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud820\ude42

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	372.14
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-1935