U+1855C "𘕜" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘕜

U+1855C "𘕜" Tangut Ideograph-# is part of the Tangut script block, which encodes characters from the extinct Tangut language used by the Tangut Empire in northwestern China during the 11th to 16th centuries. This specific ideograph represents a unique logogram from the vast Tangut writing system, which comprises over six thousand known characters, each typically denoting a single syllable or morpheme. The Tangut script was designed in imitation of Chinese characters but with its own distinct structural principles, and this symbol, like others in its set, is primarily studied by scholars of historical linguistics and paleography through preserved manuscripts, such as those found at Khara Khoto. Although its exact meaning is documented in Tangut dictionaries, it remains largely esoteric to general readers due to the language's limited modern usage and the specialized nature of Tangut philology.

General Properties

Code Point U+1855C
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 𘕜
HTML Hex Encoding 𘕜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x95 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDD5C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001855C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udd5c

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 519.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-5091