U+18653 "𘙓" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18653 "𘙓" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific graphical symbol from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to transcribe the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This ideograph represents one of the thousands of logographic characters in the Tangut script, which was developed under imperial order and remained in use for several centuries. The character U+18653 is catalogued in the Unicode Standard's Tangut block, encoded for digital representation to facilitate academic research and preservation of this historical language. While its exact meaning and pronunciation are subjects of ongoing philological study, its inclusion in Unicode helps maintain access to a unique cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18653
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	𘙓
HTML Hex Encoding	𘙓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x99 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD821 0xDE53
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018653
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud821\ude53

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	568.15
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-0810