U+18246 "𘉆" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘉆
U+18246 "𘉆" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific ideograph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language that was spoken during the Western Xia dynasty in China. This character is part of the Tangut Ideographs block, which consists of thousands of glyphs that were deciphered from manuscripts and inscriptions. The Tangut script is highly complex, with characters featuring intricate strokes and unique composition, and U+18246 represents one particular morpheme or word in the Tangut lexicon. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and study of this historical script, facilitating research in linguistics, history, and paleography, particularly for scholars analyzing Tangut texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18246 |
| 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 | 𘉆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘉆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x89 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDE46 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018246 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\ude46 |
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 | 373.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-3755 |