U+187CD "𘟍" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+187CD "𘟍" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an extinct writing system used to record the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This particular ideograph resides within the Tangut Ideographs block of Unicode, which encodes over 6,000 characters from the script, and it is assigned a unique numeric identifier in the Unicode Standard to facilitate its digital representation. The character's inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and enthusiasts to digitally preserve, study, and render this historically significant script, which was deciphered largely through the discovery of bilingual texts and dictionary fragments in the 20th century. Its precise meaning and usage are documented in academic resources on Tangut philology, reflecting the complex logographic nature of a writing system that combined elements of Chinese influence with its own distinct structural rules.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘟍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘟍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x9F 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDFCD |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000187CD |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udfcd |
Unicode Properties