U+17056 "𗁖" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17056 "𗁖" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in China from the 11th to the 16th centuries. This character belongs to the Tangut block within Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane, allocated for encoding the thousands of logograms that comprised the Tangut writing system. While its precise meaning as an individual ideograph may be obscure or context dependent, its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars to digitally represent, search, and study these complex historical characters, many of which were deciphered from manuscripts found at sites like Khara Khoto. The character graphically resembles other Tangut ideographs, formed with dense, angular strokes that distinguish it from Chinese hanzi, reflecting the Tangut script's deliberate originality and syntactical structure.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗁖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗁖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0x81 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81C 0xDC56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017056 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81c\udc56 |
Unicode Properties