U+188AF "𘢯" Tangut Component-176 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘢯
U+188AF "𘢯" Tangut Component-176 is a graphical constituent part used in the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system historically employed for the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty. This particular component, classified within the Tangut Components block of Unicode, serves as a structural building block for forming larger Tangut characters, contributing a specific visual and phonetic or semantic element to the compound glyphs in which it appears. Its encoding in Unicode helps scholars and digital typographers preserve, analyze, and render this ancient script accurately, facilitating research into the unique orthography of the extinct Tangut civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+188AF |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Component-176 |
| Block | Tangut Components |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𘢯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘢯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xA2 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDCAF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000188AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udcaf |