U+183CA "𘏊" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+183CA "𘏊" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in northwest China. This ideograph is part of the Tangut block within Unicode, which encodes thousands of logographic signs that were first deciphered in the early 20th century based on bilingual inscriptions. Like other Tangut ideographs, U+183CA represents a morpheme or word in the Tangut language, though its exact phonetic value and semantic meaning are determined by scholarly reconstruction from historical texts. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves this distinctive script for digital communication and research, contributing to the broader efforts to document and study the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Tangut civilization.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘏊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘏊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x8F 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD820 0xDFCA |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000183CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud820\udfca |
Unicode Properties