U+18888 "𘢈" Tangut Component-137 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘢈
U+18888 "𘢈" Tangut Component-137 is a graphical unit within the Tangut script, which was historically used to write the now extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia Empire. This specific component functions as a building block for creating more complex Tangut characters, embodying a distinct stroke pattern or ideographic element often associated with meanings like "hand" or "action." In the Unicode standard, it is classified as a Tangut component rather than a fully independent character, serving to aid in the digital encoding and reconstruction of the script for scholarly research and digital typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18888 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Component-137 |
| Block | Tangut Components |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𘢈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘢈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xA2 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDC88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018888 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udc88 |