U+1856C "𘕬" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1856C "𘕬" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the Tangut language spoken by the Tangut people in the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This character, part of the Tangut block in Unicode, represents an abstract concept or word in the Tangut lexicon, though its exact meaning is often determined through scholarly reconstruction of Tangut texts, such as Buddhist scriptures or legal documents. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the digital representation of this extinct script, aiding linguists and historians in studying the unique phonetic and semantic features of the Tangut writing system, which includes thousands of complex, square-like characters distinct from Chinese.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘕬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘕬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x95 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDD6C |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001856C |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udd6c |
Unicode Properties