U+18472 "𘑲" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘑲
U+18472 "𘑲" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the extinct Tangut script, which was used to write the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China between the 11th and 16th centuries. This character belongs to a large, deliberately created writing system of over 6,000 known ideographs, each representing a Tangut word or morpheme, and its exact meaning is referenced by a numbered identifier in the Unicode standard to allow for digital encoding and preservation of this historical script. Understanding such characters aids scholars in deciphering Tangut texts, which include Buddhist scriptures, legal documents, and literature, shedding light on the culture and administration of the Western Xia kingdom.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18472 |
| 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 | 𘑲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘑲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x91 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDC72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018472 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udc72 |
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 | 451.8 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-1030 |