U+18454 "𘑔" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18454 "𘑔" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character is part of a larger block of over 6,000 Tangut ideographs encoded in the Unicode Standard, which were assigned numerical indices rather than formal names due to the large number of undeciphered components in the script. The Tangut script was created in 1036 CE and features complex, highly stylized characters that are visually distinct from Chinese characters, though they were inspired by Chinese calligraphic principles. As a result, U+18454 represents a precise graphic form whose exact meaning and pronunciation may be unknown or only partially reconstructed by scholars, serving as a digital placeholder for a small piece of a lost writing tradition.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘑔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘑔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x91 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDC54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018454 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udc54 |
Unicode Properties