U+1715E "ð—…ž" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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
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