U+182A8 "𘊨" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+182A8 "𘊨" Tangut Ideograph-# is a logographic symbol from the ancient Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This particular ideograph, whose exact meaning and pronunciation have been largely deciphered by scholars through analysis of the Tangut dictionary "The Sea of Characters," represents a specific word or concept within that complex syllabary, which features over six thousand distinct characters. As part of the Unicode Standard's Tangut block, its encoding ensures that this historical script remains digitally accessible for linguistic research, digital humanities projects, and preservation of the cultural heritage of the Tangut civilization.

General Properties

Code Point	U+182A8
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	𘊨
HTML Hex Encoding	𘊨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x8A 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD820 0xDEA8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000182A8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud820\udea8

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	393.11
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-3981