U+171D8 "𗇘" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗇘
U+171D8 "𗇘" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific coded representation of an ideograph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. It falls within the Tangut block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the digital preservation and study of this historical script. The character's exact meaning and phonetic value are determined by scholarly research, as the Tangut script contains thousands of complex characters, each representing a distinct syllable or concept. Like all Tangut ideographs in Unicode, it enables researchers and linguists to accurately encode, display, and analyze ancient texts in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+171D8 |
| 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 | 𗇘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗇘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0x87 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81C 0xDDD8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000171D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81c\uddd8 |
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 | 26.13 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-3835 |