U+17059 "𗁙" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17059 "𗁙" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This ideograph represents one of thousands of Tangut logograms that were used to record the language, which remains partially deciphered by modern scholars. The character is part of the Tangut block in Unicode, which was added to facilitate digital encoding and study of this historical script, allowing researchers to preserve and analyze the complex, ideographic writing system that was rediscovered in the 20th century.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17059
Version Added	9.0
Name	Tangut Ideograph-#
Block	Tangut
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𗁙
HTML Hex Encoding	𗁙
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0x81 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81C 0xDC59
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017059
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81c\udc59

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Tangut
Script Extensions	Tangut
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
kTGT_RSUnicode	2.9
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-2941A