U+171EB "𗇫" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗇫

U+171EB "𗇫" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE). This ideograph is part of the Tangut Supplement block in Unicode, and its identification as a Tangut Ideograph-# indicates that it has not yet been fully decoded or assigned a semantic meaning by scholars, as the majority of the over 6,000 known Tangut characters remain unreadable. The character represents a unique graphic form typical of Tangut writing, which features complex, block-like strokes and was heavily influenced by Chinese characters in structure, though it functions independently as a component of a largely undeciphered corpus. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and facilitate digital study of this historical script, but without a confirmed reading or translation, U+171EB primarily serves as a placeholder for ongoing linguistic and archaeological research into the Tang

General Properties

Code Point U+171EB
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 𗇫
HTML Hex Encoding 𗇫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0x87 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81C 0xDDEB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000171EB
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81c\uddeb

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 28.10
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-1147