U+18256 "𘉖" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘉖
U+18256 "𘉖" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single ideograph from the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character is part of the Tangut block in Unicode, which encodes thousands of these ideographs to preserve the historical language and its manuscripts, many of which were discovered in the 20th century. The specific meaning and pronunciation of U+18256 are known only through scholarly analysis of Tangut texts, as the script's decipherment remains an ongoing effort in historical linguistics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18256 |
| 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 | 𘉖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘉖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x89 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDE56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018256 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\ude56 |
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 | 376.12 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-4646 |