U+17196 "ð—†–" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð—†–
U+17196 "ð—†–" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single logographic glyph that belongs to the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language spoken by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This specific ideograph, part of the Unicode Tangut block, represents one of thousands of complex characters developed from Chinese calligraphic principles, though its precise phonetic value and semantic meaning are often uncertain due to the limited survival of Tangut texts. The character's inclusion in Unicode allows for its digital representation and study, aiding scholars in philology and historical linguistics to decode and preserve this ancient script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17196 |
| 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 | 𗆖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗆖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0x86 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81C 0xDD96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017196 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81c\udd96 |
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 | 17.12 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-3760 |