U+171BF "𗆿" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗆿
U+171BF "𗆿" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty in China. This character, like all Tangut ideographs, represents a single syllable or morpheme and is part of the vast repertoire of over 6,000 known Tangut characters encoded in the Unicode Standard under Plane 1. Its exact meaning and pronunciation are determined by scholarly research into Tangut texts, which are primarily Buddhist scriptures and legal documents, making it a valuable piece for linguists and historians studying this ancient civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+171BF |
| 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 | 𗆿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗆿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0x86 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81C 0xDDBF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000171BF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81c\uddbf |
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 | 17.15 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-2916 |