U+1703E "ð—€¾" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1703E "ð—€¾" Tangut Ideograph-# is one of thousands of characters in the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in Northwest China. This specific ideograph represents a lexical entry from the Tangut lexicon, which was largely deciphered from texts such as the "Timely Pearl" dictionary and Buddhist scriptures. The character, composed of multiple radical like components within a square frame, embodies the complex and highly stylized nature of Tangut writing, which features over 6,000 known characters. Its precise meaning, often denoted by a placeholder "#" in modern encoding, remains partially understood, reflecting the ongoing scholarly work needed to fully decode the Tangut language and its extensive textual legacy. The inclusion of this ideograph in the Unicode standard ensures its digital preservation and facilitates research into this historically significant but now dormant writing system.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗀾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗀾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0x80 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81C 0xDC3E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001703E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81c\udc3e |
Unicode Properties