U+18464 "𘑤" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘑤
U+18464 "𘑤" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This particular ideograph, part of the Tangut block in Unicode, represents a unique character whose precise meaning and pronunciation have been reconstructed by scholars based on surviving manuscripts, such as the Tangut translation of Buddhist texts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and study of this ancient script, which was deciphered in the 20th century through the analysis of bilingual inscriptions and dictionaries.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18464 |
| 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 | 𘑤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘑤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x91 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDC64 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018464 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udc64 |
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 | 442.13 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-0370 |