U+18272 "𘉲" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘉲
U+18272 "𘉲" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram 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 others in the Tangut block, represents a single syllable or word and was encoded in Unicode to support scholarly research and digital preservation of the script. Its exact meaning and phonetic value are determined through ongoing study of Tangut texts, often relying on the 12th-century dictionary "The Pearl in the Palm."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18272 |
| 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 | 𘉲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘉲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x89 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDE72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018272 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\ude72 |
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 | 383.10 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-3062 |