U+170AF "𗂯" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗂯
U+170AF "𗂯" Tangut Ideograph-# is part of the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used by the extinct Tangut Empire in what is now northwestern China during the 11th to 16th centuries. This specific ideograph represents one of thousands of characters developed for the Tangut language, which was heavily influenced by Chinese writing but structurally distinct, and its precise meaning and pronunciation are often subjects of scholarly research due to the script's limited modern decipherment. The inclusion of this character in Unicode supports the digital preservation and study of Tangut texts, such as those found in Buddhist scriptures and legal documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+170AF |
| 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 | 𗂯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗂯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0x82 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81C 0xDCAF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000170AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81c\udcaf |
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 | 2.13 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-3473 |