U+18518 "𘔘" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘔘

U+18518 "𘔘" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific part of the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character represents a distinct ideograph with a particular meaning and sound, though its exact translation is often notated with a placeholder number due to incomplete decipherment of the Tangut lexicon. It falls within the Tangut Ideographs Unicode block, which contains thousands of such characters, many of which are still being studied by linguists and historians to reconstruct the language and culture of the Tangut people. The inclusion of this character in Unicode allows for its digital representation and preservation, supporting ongoing academic research and documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+18518
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 𘔘
HTML Hex Encoding 𘔘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x94 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDD18
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018518
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udd18

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 490.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-1402