U+18636 "𘘶" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18636 "𘘶" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block of Unicode, which encodes thousands of unique symbols that each represent a word or morpheme. The exact meaning and phonetic value of U+18636 are not widely known outside of specialized historical and linguistic scholarship, as the Tangut script was deciphered only partially over the past century. It stands as a preserved artifact of a once vibrant medieval civilization in northwestern China, offering researchers a glimpse into the language and culture of the Tangut people.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18636
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	𘘶
HTML Hex Encoding	𘘶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x98 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD821 0xDE36
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018636
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud821\ude36

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	568.12
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-1712