U+18972 "𘥲" Tangut Component-371 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘥲

U+18972 "𘥲" Tangut Component-371 is a graphic element from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Tangut Empire in medieval China, which flourished from the 11th to 13th centuries. This specific component is part of a standardized set of radicals and subcomponents that form the building blocks for the thousands of complex Tangut characters, each representing a word or morpheme encoded in the Unicode Standard's Tangut block. As Tangut Component-371, it serves a structural role in character composition rather than standing alone as a complete character, aiding scholars and digital font designers in analyzing and reproducing the script's intricate strokes and shapes. Its inclusion in Unicode supports modern digital preservation, research, and accurate text rendering for historical and linguistic studies of this once-lost writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+18972
Version Added 9.0
Name Tangut Component-371
Block Tangut Components
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𘥲
HTML Hex Encoding 𘥲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xA5 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDD72
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018972
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udd72

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