U+18738 "𘜸" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18738 "𘜸" Tangut Ideograph-# is part of the Tangut ideographs block, representing a logographic script used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE). This specific character, like all Tangut ideographs, is composed of complex strokes and radicals that encode meaning and phonetic components, though the exact semantic value of "𘜸" remains undeciphered in the Unicode standard, often referenced by a generic placeholder symbol (#) in its name due to the lack of a definitive modern translation. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the historical script for scholarly research and digital encoding.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18738
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	𘜸
HTML Hex Encoding	𘜸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0x9C 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD821 0xDF38
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018738
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud821\udf38

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	674.16
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-4467