U+1855B "𘕛" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1855B "𘕛" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character is part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, which was added to support digital representation of the thousands of known Tangut characters, many of which remain unread or only partially deciphered by modern scholars. While the precise semantic meaning of U+1855B is not popularly established in everyday contexts, its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and facilitate research into this historically significant script, enabling linguists and historians to study the language, culture, and administrative records of the Tangut Empire through digital archives and text processing.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘕛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘕛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x95 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDD5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001855B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udd5b |
Unicode Properties