U+171A6 "𗆦" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗆦
U+171A6 "𗆦" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific sign from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. It belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block within Unicode, which encodes thousands of these complex characters that were deciphered from manuscripts and inscriptions. The exact meaning and phonetic value of this particular ideograph are still subjects of study among scholars, as the Tangut script remains only partially understood. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and research into this historical writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+171A6 |
| 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 | 𗆦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗆦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0x86 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81C 0xDDA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000171A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81c\udda6 |
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 | L2008-2395 |