U+17204 "𗈄" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗈄
U+17204 "𗈄" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single graphical unit within the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th-14th centuries). This specific ideograph, like all Tangut characters, encodes a lexical meaning and was used in historical manuscripts and inscriptions, though its precise semantic value and modern reading are subjects of ongoing philological research due to the script’s decipherment challenges. As part of the Unicode Standard's Tangut block, its inclusion ensures the digital preservation and representation of this unique script for scholars, linguists, and historians studying this medieval civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17204 |
| 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 | 𗈄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗈄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0x88 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81C 0xDE04 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017204 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81c\ude04 |
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 | L2008-1517 |