U+185D9 "𘗙" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+185D9 "𘗙" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a now extinct writing system used primarily from the 11th to the 16th century in the Western Xia dynasty (modern-day northwestern China). This character belongs to a large block of Tangut ideographs encoded in Unicode version 9.0, representing logographic symbols that, like Chinese characters, each denote a word or morpheme of the Tangut language. The exact meaning and pronunciation of this particular ideogram are not widely known outside specialized linguistic research, as the Tangut script was deciphered only partially over the 20th century through the study of multilingual inscriptions and dictionaries. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital texts and scholarly works can accurately represent this historical writing system, preserving a fragment of a once complex and influential civilization.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘗙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘗙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x97 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDDD9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000185D9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\uddd9 |
Unicode Properties