U+171BB "𗆻" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+171BB "𗆻" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in present-day northwestern China. This character, like all Tangut ideographs, represents a morpheme or word in the Tangut language, which is now extinct and was only deciphered through extensive scholarly research from surviving manuscripts and stone inscriptions. The Tangut script, invented in 1036 under Emperor Li Yuanhao, consists of over 6,000 known characters, making it one of the most complex logographic systems in history. U+171BB was assigned its Unicode code point as part of the Tangut block in Unicode version 9.0, facilitating digital preservation and study of this ancient script.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗆻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗆻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0x86 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81C 0xDDBB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000171BB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81c\uddbb |
Unicode Properties