U+1878B "𘞋" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘞋
U+1878B "𘞋" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific ideograph from the Tangut script, a complex writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in what is now northwestern China. This character belongs to the Tangut block of Unicode, which was added to support the digital encoding of this historical script. U+1878B represents a particular logogram within the large and structurally intricate Tangut character set, though its exact semantic meaning may be unconfirmed or remain part of ongoing scholarly research. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and make accessible a key cultural and linguistic artifact from a once powerful empire that faded from history.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1878B |
| 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 | 𘞋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘞋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0x9E 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD821 0xDF8B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001878B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud821\udf8b |
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 | 703.15 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-1745 |