U+17138 "𗄸" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗄸

U+17138 "𗄸" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This ideograph is part of the Tangut block in the Unicode Standard, which was encoded to preserve the complex logographic characters discovered in manuscripts and inscriptions from that era. The character itself represents a singular lexical meaning within the Tangut language, though its precise definition is often identified by its position in the standard Tangut character dictionary rather than through direct transcription into modern languages. As a component of the broader Tangut repertoire, U+17138 contributes to the digital preservation and scholarly study of a unique and largely undeciphered ancient writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+17138
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 𗄸
HTML Hex Encoding 𗄸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0x84 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81C 0xDD38
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017138
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81c\udd38

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 17.8
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-1942