U+170C8 "𗃈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+170C8 "𗃈" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This particular character, cataloged under the Unicode Tangut block, represents a conceptual or phonetic element within that script, though its precise meaning is often referenced by its index number due to the ongoing scholarly work in decoding the extensive Tangut lexicon. It appears as a visually complex ideogram, typical of the script’s intricate structure, and is included in the Unicode standard to preserve and facilitate digital representation of this historical writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+170C8
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	𗃈
HTML Hex Encoding	𗃈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0x83 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81C 0xDCC8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000170C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81c\udcc8

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	2.16
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-3460