U+17050 "𗁐" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17050 "𗁐" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used by the extinct Tangut Empire (11th–14th centuries) in what is now northwestern China. This character belongs to the Unicode Tangut block, which encodes thousands of ideographs that were deciphered from historical manuscripts, including the Pearl in the Palm, a Tangut Chinese bilingual glossary. As a compound ideograph, U+17050 likely represents a concrete or abstract concept through its unique combination of radicals, though its precise meaning and pronunciation are still a matter of ongoing scholarship due to the fragmentary nature of the surviving texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that researchers and linguists can digitally preserve, study, and transcribe these ancient characters, aiding in the broader effort to reconstruct the Tangut language and culture.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗁐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗁐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0x81 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81C 0xDC50 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017050 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81c\udc50 |
Unicode Properties