U+18588 "𘖈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘖈
U+18588 "𘖈" 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 CE). This character, like all Tangut ideographs, represents a single syllable or morpheme and was encoded in Unicode as part of the Tangut block to support digital preservation and study of this historical script. Its precise meaning and phonetic value are documented in scholarly dictionaries and databases, contributing to ongoing linguistic research into a civilization that flourished along the Silk Road.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18588 |
| 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 | 𘖈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘖈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x96 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDD88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018588 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udd88 |
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 | 537.13 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-4779 |