U+171D1 "𗇑" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗇑
U+171D1 "𗇑" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language during the Western Xia dynasty (11th–14th centuries) in what is now northwestern China. This character belongs to a large block of Tangut ideographs encoded in Unicode, representing one of thousands of unique logographs that were deciphered from excavated texts, such as the Tangut translation of Buddhist scriptures. Its precise meaning remains unknown, as many Tangut characters still lack complete modern interpretations, but it serves as a vital piece of historical linguistic and cultural heritage, preserved through digital encoding for study and future scholarship.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+171D1 |
| 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 | 𗇑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗇑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0x87 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81C 0xDDD1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000171D1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81c\uddd1 |
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 | 26.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-3839 |