U+18688 "𘚈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘚈

U+18688 "𘚈" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE). This ideograph is part of the Tangut block within Unicode, which encodes thousands of complex logograms that were deciphered from surviving manuscripts and inscriptions. The character "𘚈" represents a distinct lexical or phonetic element of Tangut, though its exact meaning or pronunciation may not be fully documented outside specialized linguistic research, as the script remains only partially understood. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and digital projects can preserve, study, and render this ancient writing system in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+18688
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 𘚈
HTML Hex Encoding 𘚈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x9A 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDE88
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018688
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\ude88

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 579.13
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0263