U+18929 "𘤩" Tangut Component-298 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘤩
U+18929 "𘤩" Tangut Component-298 is a structural element used in the writing system of the extinct Tangut language, which was spoken during the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This specific component, part of a larger set of over 600 Tangut radicals and components, serves as a foundational building block for forming more complex Tangut characters, each of which represents a syllable or word. The Tangut script was highly logographic, with thousands of distinct characters created by combining such components in intricate ways. U+18929 contributes to the systematic encoding of Tangut in modern digital text, enabling scholars and linguists to preserve, study, and digitally represent this historically significant script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18929 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Component-298 |
| Block | Tangut Components |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𘤩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘤩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xA4 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDD29 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018929 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udd29 |