U+17141 "𗅁" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗅁
U+17141 "𗅁" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE). This character belongs to a large block of ideographs included in the Unicode Standard to facilitate digital encoding and scholarly research of historical texts. As a Tangut ideograph, it represents a distinct syllable or meaning within the script's complex logographic system, which was deciphered through the study of bilingual texts like the Tangut-Chinese glossary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that modern software can preserve and display this unique character, aiding linguists and historians in analyzing Western Xia culture and literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17141 |
| 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 | 𗅁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗅁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0x85 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81C 0xDD41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017141 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81c\udd41 |
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 | L2008-2983 |