U+1884E "𘡎" Tangut Component-079 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘡎

U+1884E "𘡎" Tangut Component-079 is a graphical element used in the representation of the Tangut script, a historical logographic writing system employed by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty in China between the 11th and 16th centuries. This specific character belongs to a collection of over 600 Tangut components standardized in Unicode, each of which serves as a fundamental building block for constructing the thousands of complex Tangut ideographs. Component-079, like its counterparts, has no independent semantic meaning but contributes its stroke pattern and shape to the formation of full Tangut characters, aiding in accurate digital encoding and scholarly preservation of this extinct script. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that researchers can digitally analyze and reproduce Tangut texts without relying on simplified or reconstructed glyphs.

General Properties

Code Point U+1884E
Version Added 9.0
Name Tangut Component-079
Block Tangut Components
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𘡎
HTML Hex Encoding 𘡎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xA1 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDC4E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001884E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udc4e

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