U+1857D "𘕽" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘕽

U+1857D "𘕽" Tangut Ideograph-# is a logographic symbol from the Tangut script, an extinct writing system used to record the Tangut language during the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This specific character belongs to the Tangut ideographs block of the Unicode standard, which was included to preserve and digitally represent the complex script. The Tangut writing system consists of over 6,000 known characters, and U+1857D represents one of these distinct ideograms, though its precise meaning or phonetic value is not commonly defined in modern references without specialized linguistic study. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars, linguists, and digital archivists can accurately encode and share texts from historical Tangut manuscripts, aiding in the ongoing effort to decode and understand this ancient language.

General Properties

Code Point U+1857D
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 𘕽
HTML Hex Encoding 𘕽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x95 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDD7D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001857D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udd7d

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 528.14
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-5427