U+18916 "𘤖" Tangut Component-279 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘤖
U+18916 "𘤖" Tangut Component-279 is a graphic element from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty. This specific component, assigned to the Tangut Components block of Unicode, serves as a building block for more complex Tangut ideographs, representing a distinctive stroke or radical pattern. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard facilitates digital preservation and scholarly study of Tangut texts, allowing researchers and linguists to accurately encode and analyze the script's vast character set, which was developed in the 11th century.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18916 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Component-279 |
| Block | Tangut Components |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𘤖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘤖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xA4 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDD16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018916 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udd16 |