U+18708 "𘜈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘜈

U+18708 "𘜈" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the historical Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character is part of the Tangut Ideographs block in the Unicode standard, encoded to preserve and enable digital representation of this unique writing system. Like all Tangut characters, it is composed of complex strokes that form a distinct logographic unit, found in ancient texts such as the Tangut translation of Buddhist sutras and legal documents. Its precise meaning is tied to the vocabulary and culture of the Tangut people, though the exact semantic value of many individual characters, including this one, remains a subject of ongoing scholarly research due to the script's complexity and the limited corpus of deciphered texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+18708
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 𘜈
HTML Hex Encoding 𘜈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x9C 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDF08
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018708
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udf08

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 654.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0570