U+188FA "𘣺" Tangut Component-251 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘣺
U+188FA "𘣺" Tangut Component-251 is a graphical element used in the construction of Tangut script characters, which were part of the writing system of the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This particular component, known as a "radical" or building block, appears within the Unicode Standard's Tangut Components block, which represents the fundamental strokes and shapes used to assemble the more complex logographic Tangut characters. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation and scholarly study of the Tangut script, allowing researchers to analyze the script's structural composition and meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+188FA |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Component-251 |
| Block | Tangut Components |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𘣺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘣺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xA3 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDCFA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000188FA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udcfa |