U+18608 "𘘈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18608 "𘘈" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) to represent the extinct Tangut language. This character, like others in the Tangut block of Unicode, was included to support historical and scholarly research, allowing for the digital preservation and analysis of texts from this unique and complex script. Its exact meaning and phonetic value are determined by specialists through the study of original manuscripts and dictionaries, but it remains a crucial piece of the puzzle for understanding the culture and administration of the Tangut Empire.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18608
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	𘘈
HTML Hex Encoding	𘘈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x98 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD821 0xDE08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018608
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud821\ude08

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	561.13
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-1647