U+18896 "𘢖" Tangut Component-151 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘢖

U+18896 "𘢖" Tangut Component-151 is one of 514 predefined elementary building blocks used to encode the complex logographic script of the extinct Tangut language, which was spoken by the Tangut people of the Xixia Empire (11th–13th centuries). This component represents a specific stroke-based sub-unit found within larger Tangut characters, aiding in the systematic decomposition and digital representation of the script. In Unicode, these components are classified under the “Tangut Components” block, which was added in version 13.0 to support scholarly work, digital archiving, and font development for this historically significant writing system. The component itself does not carry independent semantic meaning but serves as a crucial orthographic element for constructing and analyzing the thousands of known Tangut glyphs.

General Properties

Code Point U+18896
Version Added 9.0
Name Tangut Component-151
Block Tangut Components
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𘢖
HTML Hex Encoding 𘢖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xA2 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDC96
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018896
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udc96

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