U+1715E "ð—…ž" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð—…ž

U+1715E "ð—…ž" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character, cataloged in the Tangut block of Unicode, represents an ideograph whose meaning, phonetic value, and usage are documented in linguistic studies of Tangut texts, which include Buddhist scriptures, legal documents, and literary works. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation and scholarly research into this unique logographic system, which comprised thousands of characters and was deciphered primarily in the 20th century. The exact semantic and phonetic interpretation of U+1715E, like many Tangut characters, is based on reconstructed dictionaries and corpora, contributing to our understanding of a civilization that left behind a rich but partially decoded written legacy.

General Properties

Code Point U+1715E
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 𗅞
HTML Hex Encoding 𗅞
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0x85 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81C 0xDD5E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001715E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81c\udd5e

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 17.10
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-1964