U+171A8 "𗆨" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+171A8 "𗆨" Tangut Ideograph-# is part of the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language from the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This specific ideograph, whose meaning and pronunciation are often not fully documented due to the limited reconstruction of the Tangut lexicon, represents one of the thousands of logographic characters that were used to write administrative, religious, and literary texts. Encoded in the Tangut block of Unicode, it contributes to the digital preservation of a script that saw a revival of scholarly interest after the discovery of key manuscripts in the early 20th century.

General Properties

Code Point	U+171A8
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	𗆨
HTML Hex Encoding	𗆨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0x86 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81C 0xDDA8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000171A8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81c\udda8

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	L2008-2968