U+1837B "𘍻" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘍻

U+1837B "𘍻" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in present-day northwestern China. This character is part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, which encodes over 6,000 Tangut characters that represent morphemes or words, each with its own unique pronunciation and meaning. As with many Tangut characters, its exact semantic value is often established through historical texts like the "Pearl in the Palm" or "Sea of Characters", and it may denote a concept, object, or grammatical element in the Tangut language, though specific definitions for individual ideographs like U+1837B may require specialized linguistic study. The inclusion of this character in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the ancient Tangut cultural heritage for modern research and documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1837B
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 𘍻
HTML Hex Encoding 𘍻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x8D 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD820 0xDF7B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001837B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud820\udf7b

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 431.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-5714