U+186DC "𘛜" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+186DC "𘛜" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in what is now northwestern China. This character, like all Tangut ideographs, is composed of complex strokes representing a unique logographic system that was deciphered in the 20th century through the study of bilingual texts and dictionaries. The exact semantic meaning and phonetic value of U+186DC remain part of ongoing scholarly research, as many Tangut characters have been identified but not fully translated, contributing to our understanding of this intricate medieval script and the culture that created it.

General Properties

Code Point	U+186DC
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	𘛜
HTML Hex Encoding	𘛜
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x9B 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD821 0xDEDC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000186DC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud821\udedc

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	626.8
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-5036