U+18500 "𘔀" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘔀
U+18500 "𘔀" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Tangut Empire in northwest China from the 11th to 16th centuries. Specifically, this ideograph is part of the Tangut block in Unicode, representing a specific word or concept within the Tangut lexicon. The character's shape is complex, composed of multiple strokes that follow the distinctive square, blocky calligraphic style of Tangut script. While its exact semantic meaning is not widely known outside specialized scholarly databases, it serves as a digital representation of a unique symbol from a lost civilization, preserved for linguistic research and historical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18500 |
| 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 | 𘔀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘔀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x94 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDD00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018500 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udd00 |
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 | 486.12 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-4631 |