U+18508 "𘔈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘔈
U+18508 "𘔈" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character, identified by its unique glyph in the Tangut block of the Unicode standard, remains unassigned to a known semantic meaning as indicated by the placeholder "Ideograph-#" in its official name, reflecting the ongoing scholarly effort to decipher the extensive corpus of Tangut texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this historical writing system can be preserved, studied, and digitally represented, supporting research into the language, culture, and administrative records of the Tangut Empire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18508 |
| 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 | 𘔈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘔈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x94 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDD08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018508 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udd08 |
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 | 486.20 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-4632 |