U+185E9 "𘗩" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘗩

U+185E9 "𘗩" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a writing system used for the extinct Tangut language during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in what is now northwestern China. This character belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block of Unicode, which encodes thousands of logographic symbols used in historical manuscripts, each representing a unique morpheme or meaning. While the precise semantic value of this particular character may be documented in scholarly transcriptions, it is generally considered a rare or specialized ideograph, reflecting the complex and largely undeciphered nature of the Tangut script. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the linguistic heritage of a medieval civilization that was rediscovered in the 20th century through archaeological finds.

General Properties

Code Point U+185E9
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 𘗩
HTML Hex Encoding 𘗩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x97 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDDE9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000185E9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udde9

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 550.15
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-1055