U+1853E "𘔾" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘔾
U+1853E "𘔾" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded symbol from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character, introduced to the Unicode Standard as part of the Tangut Ideographs block, represents one of thousands of logograms that scholars continue to analyze for their phonetic and semantic meanings. While the precise definition or usage of this particular ideograph may require further philological study, its inclusion in Unicode enables digital preservation and study of this ancient script for linguistic and historical research.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1853E |
| 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 | 𘔾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘔾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x94 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDD3E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001853E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udd3e |
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 | 502.12 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-2421 |