U+1888D "𘢍" Tangut Component-142 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘢍
U+1888D "𘢍" Tangut Component-142 is a graphic element from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE). This component serves as a structural building block within the script's complex logographic characters, which were deciphered in the 20th century through the study of bilingual inscriptions and dictionaries. Officially encoded in Unicode 9.0 as part of the Tangut Components block, its role is to aid scholars in analyzing the morphology and composition of full Tangut characters, contributing to the ongoing preservation and study of this historical writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1888D |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Component-142 |
| Block | Tangut Components |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𘢍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘢍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xA2 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDC8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001888D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udc8d |