U+1829D "𘊝" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1829D "𘊝" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This character, part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, represents a unique lexical or semantic unit within the Tangut corpus, which was deciphered through the study of multilingual inscriptions and dictionaries like the Pearl in the Palm. Its precise meaning, however, remains largely obscure to modern scholars, as only a fraction of the over six thousand known Tangut characters have been fully translated, making each ideograph like "𘊝" a tantalizing remnant of a lost civilization's written heritage. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode ensures their digital preservation for further historical and linguistic research.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘊝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘊝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x8A 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDE9D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001829D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\ude9d |
Unicode Properties