U+1717B "ð—…»" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1717B "ð—…»" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded glyph representing a single logogram from the extinct Tangut script, which was used to write the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character is part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, a collection designed to digitally preserve over six thousand distinct Tangut symbols. The Tangut script, devised in 1036 by the scholar Yeli Renrong under Emperor Li Yuanhao, is composed of complex, highly stylized strokes that resemble Chinese characters but with a unique construction principle. The exact meaning of U+1717B is not widely established in public knowledge, as comprehensive decipherment of the Tangut lexicon remains an ongoing scholarly challenge due to the language’s extinction and limited surviving texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this ancient writing system can be represented, researched, and shared in modern digital environments, aiding linguists and historians in their study of Tan
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗅻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗅻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0x85 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81C 0xDD7B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001717B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81c\udd7b |
Unicode Properties