U+18488 "𘒈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘒈
U+18488 "𘒈" Tangut Ideograph-# is part of the Tangut script block, which was used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE). This specific character represents a logographic symbol from a large, complex writing system that was deciphered in the 20th century, and it is used in scholarly contexts for historical and linguistic research. The character is encoded in the Tangut Ideographs range of Unicode, which includes thousands of such symbols, and it is essential for digital preservation and study of Tangut texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18488 |
| 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 | 𘒈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘒈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x92 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDC88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018488 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udc88 |
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 | 325.13 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-1510 |