U+18590 "𘖐" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘖐

U+18590 "𘖐" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character belongs to the Tangut block in the Unicode Standard, which encodes thousands of logographs that were deciphered from historical manuscripts and inscriptions, primarily documented in the Tangut-Chinese dictionary "The Pearl in the Palm." The exact meaning and phonetic value of this particular ideograph are determined through ongoing scholarly research, as the script represents a complex system where each character typically corresponds to a single syllable and morpheme. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital preservation and study of this unique historical writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+18590
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 𘖐
HTML Hex Encoding 𘖐
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x96 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDD90
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018590
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udd90

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 539.14
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-5193