U+17203 "𗈃" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17203 "𗈃" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). Placed in the Tangut block of Unicode, this ideograph represents a single lexical or syllabic unit within the script, which is notable for its vast repertoire of over 6,000 logographic characters. While its exact semantic meaning is tied to the limited number of deciphered texts, scholarly reconstruction of Tangut language and literature, largely through the work of linguists like Ksenia Kepping, continues to uncover the uses and pronunciations of such characters in historical manuscripts and inscriptions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17203
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	𗈃
HTML Hex Encoding	𗈃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0x88 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81C 0xDE03
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017203
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81c\ude03

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	28.12
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-1422