U+185AF "𘖯" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘖯

U+185AF "𘖯" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific graphic symbol from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty (11th to 13th centuries). This ideograph belongs to the extensive Tangut block of Unicode, which encodes thousands of characters that were historically inscribed in texts such as Buddhist scriptures and legal documents. Modern digital preservation of U+185AF allows researchers and historians to study the complex logographic nature of the Tangut script, which features intricate strokes and semantic meanings. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this rare character remains accessible for linguistic analysis, digital typography, and cultural heritage projects, bridging ancient calligraphy with modern computing standards.

General Properties

Code Point U+185AF
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 𘖯
HTML Hex Encoding 𘖯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x96 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDDAF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000185AF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\uddaf

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 542.15
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-4814