U+18370 "𘍰" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘍰

U+18370 "𘍰" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a historically significant writing system used during the Western Xia dynasty (1038-1227) to record the extinct Tangut language. This character, like all Tangut ideographs, represents a logographic symbol that encodes a particular word or morpheme, though its precise meaning is not widely defined in modern contexts without specialized linguistic study. It belongs to a large corpus of over 6,000 known Tangut characters, many of which have been deciphered by scholars through comparison with Chinese texts and Buddhist scriptures. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard at this high code point ensures that this rare, historical script can be digitally represented, preserved, and studied across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+18370
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 𘍰
HTML Hex Encoding 𘍰
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x8D 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDF70
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018370
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\udf70

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 430.8
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-5634