U+188DC "𘣜" Tangut Component-221 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘣜
U+188DC "𘣜" Tangut Component-221 is a component from the Tangut script, an extinct logographic writing system used during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in what is now northwestern China. This component serves as a fundamental building block within the larger set of Tangut characters, which were created by imperial decree to record the now-lost Tangut language. While the exact semantic or phonetic value of Component-221 is not directly documented, it is one of many standardized radicals or subcomponents used to decompose and classify the thousands of complex Tangut glyphs. Its inclusion in Unicode under the Tangut Components block aids in the digital preservation and scholarly study of this historically significant script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+188DC |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Component-221 |
| Block | Tangut Components |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𘣜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘣜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xA3 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDCDC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000188DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udcdc |