U+18596 "𘖖" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘖖

U+18596 "𘖖" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single logogram from the ancient Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China from the 11th to the 13th centuries. This specific ideograph, like all Tangut characters, is composed of complex strokes that often combine semantic and phonetic elements, representing a unique writing system that was deciphered in the 20th century through the study of multilingual inscriptions and dictionaries. The character is part of a large block of Tangut ideographs encoded in Unicode, allowing for the digital preservation and study of this historically significant script that was once used for official documents, Buddhist texts, and legal records, reflecting the sophisticated culture of the Tangut Empire.

General Properties

Code Point U+18596
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 𘖖
HTML Hex Encoding 𘖖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x96 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDD96
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018596
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udd96

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 539.18
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-5162