U+18359 "𘍙" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+18359 "𘍙" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character, whose precise meaning remains partly obscure to modern scholars, was documented in the monumental Tangut dictionary, the "Sea of Characters," and likely represented a common word or concept in the administrative, legal, or Buddhist texts of the era. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize a fragment of a bygone civilization's intellectual heritage, facilitating ongoing research into this once-flourishing but now-deciphered language.
General Properties
Code Point
U+18359
Name
Tangut Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𘍙
HTML Hex Encoding
𘍙
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x98 0x8D 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD820 0xDF59
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00018359
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud820\udf59
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tangut
kTGT_RSUnicode
423.15
kTGT_MergedSrc
L2008-5699