U+186FD "𘛽" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+186FD "𘛽" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This particular ideograph belongs to the Tangut Supplement block of Unicode, which was added to facilitate the digital representation of Tangut texts. The character "𘛽" likely carries a distinct semantic meaning or phonetic value, though its exact reading may be known only to specialists in Tangut philology, as the script consists of thousands of complex characters that were deciphered over the past century through the study of bilingual texts like the "Pearl in the Palm" and Chinese-Tangut glossaries. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and make accessible the linguistic heritage of this unique civilization.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘛽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘛽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x9B 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDEFD |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000186FD |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udefd |
Unicode Properties