U+18482 "𘒂" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘒂
U+18482 "𘒂" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This character belongs to the Tangut block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to enable digital encoding and scholarly study of the script. The ideograph represents a distinct logographic symbol from the Tangut dictionary, known for its complex stroke composition, though its exact meaning and pronunciation have not been fully deciphered by experts. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and facilitate research into this ancient language and its cultural legacy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18482 |
| 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 | 𘒂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘒂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x92 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDC82 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018482 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udc82 |
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 | 455.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-0683 |