U+18480 "𘒀" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18480 "𘒀" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in what is now northwestern China. This particular ideograph, whose specific meaning remains partially understood by scholars due to the limited corpus of deciphered texts, represents one of over six thousand characters in the Tangut block of Unicode, which was added to the standard to support digital preservation of this complex logographic script. Its encoding at this codepoint allows for electronic representation and study of the Tangut writing system, which was famously deciphered in the early 20th century and is characterized by its intricate strokes and radical based composition.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘒀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘒀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x92 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDC80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018480 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udc80 |
Unicode Properties