U+18259 "𘉙" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘉙

U+18259 "𘉙" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific symbol from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in present-day northwestern China. This character is part of the Tangut block in Unicode, which encodes thousands of ideographs that were deciphered from historical manuscripts and inscriptions. The exact meaning and phonetic value of U+18259 are known to specialists, but like many Tangut characters, it typically represents a single syllable or morpheme, contributing to the complex literary and administrative texts of the Tangut Empire. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and enthusiasts can digitally represent and study this unique writing system, preserving a vital link to a lost culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+18259
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 𘉙
HTML Hex Encoding 𘉙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x89 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDE59
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018259
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\ude59

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 376.13
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-4570