U+18605 "𘘅" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘘅
U+18605 "𘘅" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded symbol from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in what is now northwestern China. This particular ideograph represents a single word or morpheme from the Tangut lexicon, and its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for its digital representation and study. The character is part of a much larger block of Tangut Ideographs, which were deciphered over the 20th century and encoded to preserve and facilitate research into this historical language and culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18605 |
| 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 | 𘘅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘘅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x98 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDE05 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018605 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\ude05 |
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 | 561.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-0228 |