U+171FD "𗇽" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+171FD "𗇽" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Tangut Empire in northwestern China during the 11th to 16th centuries. This specific ideograph is one of over 6,000 Tangut characters encoded in the Unicode Standard, which were primarily deciphered from texts found in the Khara-Khoto ruins and the "Pearl in the Palm" phrase book. While its exact semantic meaning is often determined through comparative analysis of Tangut dictionaries and Buddhist scriptures, each character in this logographic script typically represents a morpheme or syllable of the Tangut language. U+171FD is part of a dedicated Unicode block that preserves these ancient characters for modern digital use, aiding scholarship in Tangut history, linguistics, and epigraphy.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗇽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗇽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0x87 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81C 0xDDFD |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000171FD |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81c\uddfd |
Unicode Properties