U+18453 "𘑓" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18453 "𘑓" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the historical Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038-1227) in northwestern China. This ideograph represents one of over six thousand distinct characters in the Tangut script, a highly complex logographic writing system that was deciphered in the 20th century through scholarly efforts involving comparative analysis of multilingual Buddhist texts and stone inscriptions. The exact meaning of this particular character is documented in lexicographic sources, but in the Unicode standard it is primarily identified by its numerical position within the Tangut block of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, serving as a digital representation for preservation and research purposes.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘑓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘑓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x91 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDC53 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018453 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udc53 |
Unicode Properties