U+17004 "𗀄" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17004 "𗀄" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty in China from the 11th to the 13th centuries. This ideograph is part of the Tangut block within Unicode, which was included in version 9.0 of the standard in 2016 to support the digital encoding of this historical script. The character represents a unique logogram from the Tangut language, which remains only partially deciphered by modern scholars, and its exact meaning or phonetic value is often denoted by a placeholder number due to the ongoing research needed to fully interpret the script. The inclusion of U+17004 in Unicode preserves an essential piece of cultural heritage, allowing for the study and digital representation of Tangut texts and artifacts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗀄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗀄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0x80 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81C 0xDC04 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017004 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81c\udc04 |
Unicode Properties