U+1719C "𗆜" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+1719C "𗆜" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single graphical unit from the Tangut script, an extinct logographic writing system used to record the Tangut language of the Western Xia Empire from the 11th to 16th centuries. This specific ideograph, whose exact phonetic and semantic value is known only through scholarly reconstruction of Tangut texts, was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Tangut block, enabling its digital representation and study. Despite its cryptic appearance to most readers, this character is a vital piece of data for linguists and historians, as it helps unlock the rich literary and administrative records of a civilization that flourished along the Silk Road.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1719C
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	𗆜
HTML Hex Encoding	𗆜
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0x86 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81C 0xDD9C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001719C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81c\udd9c

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	17.13
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-3761