U+18276 "𘉶" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18276 "𘉶" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific ideograph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used between the 11th and 16th centuries to record the extinct Tangut language spoken by the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China. This character is part of the Tangut block in Unicode, which contains thousands of ideographs that were painstakingly deciphered and encoded to preserve this historical script for digital use. Each Tangut ideograph, including U+18276, represents a distinct syllable or morpheme, and its shape is characterized by complex, dense brushstrokes that reflect the script's unique calligraphic style, which is unrelated to Chinese characters. The inclusion of such ideographs in Unicode supports scholarly research, digital archiving, and the cultural heritage of the Tangut civilization, though the character's exact meaning remains documented in specialized linguistic databases.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘉶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘉶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x89 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDE76 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018276 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\ude76 |
Unicode Properties