U+189D8 "𘧘" Tangut Component-473 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘧘

U+189D8 "𘧘" Tangut Component-473 is one of the many building blocks used to construct the complex logographic script of the extinct Tangut language, which was spoken during the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This specific component, identified by its numerical index within the Tangut component system, represents a graphical subpart rather than a complete character, serving as a fundamental stroke or element that combines with others to form the full ideographs of the Tangut writing system. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard, within the Tangut Components block, facilitates the digital representation and scholarly study of this unique script, aiding in the preservation and analysis of historical texts carved on stone steles and written in manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+189D8
Version Added 9.0
Name Tangut Component-473
Block Tangut Components
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𘧘
HTML Hex Encoding 𘧘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xA7 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDDD8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000189D8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\uddd8

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