U+188A4 "𘢤" Tangut Component-165 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+188A4 "𘢤" Tangut Component-165 is a graphical element drawn from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used during the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This specific component, identified numerically as 165 in the Unicode Tangut Components block, represents a basic structural part used in the composition of more complex Tangut characters, functioning similarly to a radical or stroke pattern in other scripts. It does not have an independent phonetic or semantic meaning on its own, but rather serves as a building block within the intricate system of over 6,000 Tangut logographs, which were deciphered through painstaking historical and linguistic analysis. The encoding of this component in Unicode supports digital preservation and scholarly study of this extinct script.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘢤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘢤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0xA2 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD822 0xDCA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000188A4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud822\udca4 |
Unicode Properties