U+188E3 "𘣣" Tangut Component-228 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘣣

U+188E3 "𘣣" Tangut Component-228 is a glyph representing one of the many abstract or structural components used in the historical Tangut script, which was created during the Tangut Empire (11th-14th centuries) to write the extinct Tangut language. This specific component, part of the Tangut Components block in Unicode, serves as a building block for more complex Tangut logograms, primarily acting as a semantic or phonetic element within the larger writing system. Unlike a complete character, it is not used independently in text but helps linguists, scholars, and digital encoding efforts analyze and reconstruct the intricate composition of Tangut ideographs. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that researchers can accurately represent and study the script's internal structure in digital documents and fonts, preserving a key aspect of this unique and complex writing culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+188E3
Version Added 9.0
Name Tangut Component-228
Block Tangut Components
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𘣣
HTML Hex Encoding 𘣣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xA3 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDCE3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000188E3
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udce3

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