U+18316 "𘌖" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘌖
U+18316 "𘌖" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in northwestern China. This character, part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, represents one of thousands of logographic symbols that have been decoded through historical and linguistic research, often with a reconstructed meaning or phonetic value, though many remain partially understood. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures preservation and digital access for scholars studying the culture, language, and administrative records of the Tangut Empire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18316 |
| 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 | 𘌖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘌖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x8C 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD820 0xDF16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018316 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud820\udf16 |
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 | 415.14 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-5824 |