U+1870E "𘜎" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘜎

U+1870E "𘜎" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded glyph from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character belongs to a large block of Tangut ideographs that were deciphered through a combination of archaeological finds and comparative linguistic analysis. While the exact meaning or phonetic value of this particular ideograph is not always publicly documented in simplified summaries, it represents a single concept or word from the Tangut lexicon, reflecting the script's logographic nature where each character typically corresponds to a morpheme. The inclusion of this character in Unicode (version 12.0, 2019) allows for its digital representation and preservation, supporting research and digital communication about this ancient civilization.

General Properties

Code Point U+1870E
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 𘜎
HTML Hex Encoding 𘜎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x9C 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDF0E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001870E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udf0e

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 658.13
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-1494