U+1872E "𘜮" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1872E "𘜮" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the Tangut script, a historically significant writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in northwestern China. This particular ideograph belongs to the Tangut ideographs block in Unicode, which encompasses thousands of characters that were deciphered from a complex logographic script inspired by Chinese characters but with distinct structural and phonetic properties. The Tangut script was primarily used for official documents, religious texts, and translations of Buddhist sutras, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and study. The specific meaning of U+1872E is not widely known outside of specialized linguistic research, as the full decoding of the Tangut lexicon remains an ongoing scholarly endeavor, but it contributes to the broader effort to maintain and analyze this unique cultural heritage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘜮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘜮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x9C 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDF2E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001872E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udf2e |
Unicode Properties