U+170F2 "𗃲" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗃲

U+170F2 "𗃲" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a writing system used from the 11th to 16th centuries for the extinct Tangut language spoken by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty in northwest China. This ideograph belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block within the Unicode Standard, which encodes over 6,000 characters to preserve this historical script's textual records. The meaning of this particular character is identified through modern lexicographic research, often referencing reconstructed Tangut dictionaries and the multilingual "Pearl in the Palm" manuscript, which provides translations into Chinese. As a digital representation, "𗃲" allows scholars and linguists to study, store, and share Tangut texts accurately in electronic form, supporting ongoing efforts to decipher and understand this once lost language and its culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+170F2
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 𗃲
HTML Hex Encoding 𗃲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0x83 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81C 0xDCF2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000170F2
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81c\udcf2

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 9.11
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-2311