Tangut
Tang
Left-to-right
Living
Sample Characters
𖿠
First 48 characters from Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation (U+16FE0–U+16FE0)
About Tangut
Tangut is a Living writing system. It reads Left-to-right and contains 7,059 characters in the Unicode standard. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Tang.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
Frequently Asked Questions
What type of writing system is Tangut?
Tangut is a writing system registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Tang.
What direction does Tangut read?
Tangut is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Tangut script?
0 languages use Tangut according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Tangut script created?
The exact origin of the Tangut script is not precisely documented.
Compare Tangut With Another Script
Direction, characters, languages — side by side.
Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Tang
- ISO Number
- 520
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Living
- Characters
- 7,059
- Languages
- 0
Unicode Ranges
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Ideographic Symbols and PunctuationU+16FE0–U+16FE0
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U+17000–U+18AFFU+17000–U+18AFF
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Tangut SupplementU+18D00–U+18D1E
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Tangut Components SupplementU+18D80–U+18DF2