U+1878F "𘞏" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘞏

U+1878F "𘞏" 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 represents one of thousands of logographs in the Tangut repertoire, which was first added to Unicode in 2016 under the Tangut block (U+18700 to U+18AFF). While its precise semantic meaning is not widely listed in common references due to the script's complexity and limited modern study, the "Tangut Ideograph-#" designation indicates it is an unassigned or uncharacterized ideographic character in the Unicode standard. The character appears as a visually intricate combination of strokes, typical of Tangut script's dense, square-shaped forms that were influenced by Chinese writing. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for scholarly research into the history, language, and culture of the Tangut people.

General Properties

Code Point U+1878F
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 𘞏
HTML Hex Encoding 𘞏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0x9E 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD821 0xDF8F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001878F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud821\udf8f

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 706.16
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0884