U+1859F "𘖟" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1859F "𘖟" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in what is now northwestern China. This particular ideograph, part of the Tangut block of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, represents one of thousands of complex characters in the script, which was designed by imperial decree and modeled partly after Chinese characters but with distinct structural components. Its exact meaning remains partially opaque to modern scholars due to the limited corpus of fully deciphered texts, but it is associated with a particular word or concept in the Tangut lexicon, as identified through comparative studies of bilingually inscribed artifacts and manuscript fragments. The inclusion of this character in Unicode enables digital preservation and scholarly research into the history, linguistics, and culture of the Tangut civilization.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘖟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘖟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x96 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDD9F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001859F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udd9f |
Unicode Properties