U+18248 "𘉈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18248 "𘉈" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character is part of the Tangut block in the Unicode standard, which was encoded to preserve and enable digital representation of this historical script. The number sign in its name indicates a placeholder for a definitive semantic or phonetic label, as many Tangut characters have yet to be fully deciphered by scholars. Its inclusion in Unicode allows researchers, linguists, and digital humanities projects to study and share texts from the Tangut corpus, such as Buddhist scriptures and legal documents, without relying on specialized fonts or manual transcriptions.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘉈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘉈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x89 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDE48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018248 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\ude48 |
Unicode Properties