U+18489 "𘒉" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18489 "𘒉" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in what is now northwestern China. This ideograph is one of over six thousand Tangut characters encoded in the Unicode Standard, which were deciphered largely from the 20th-century discovery of key texts and dictionaries, such as the "Pearls in the Palm" bilingual glossary. The precise meaning of this particular character is not widely documented in everyday references, as many Tangut ideographs still require specialized philological study, but it represents a logographic unit within a complex script that combined semantic and phonetic components. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for scholars studying the history and linguistics of the Western Xia civilization.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘒉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘒉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x92 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDC89 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018489 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udc89 |
Unicode Properties