U+17B86 "𗮆" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17B86 "𗮆" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character was encoded in Unicode version 9.0 (2016) as part of the Tangut block, which comprises over 6,000 ideographs, and represents a distinct lexical or phonetic unit in the reconstructed Tangut language, though its precise meaning remains uncertain because the script is only partially deciphered by scholars. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and enables modern research into Tangut texts, such as those found in manuscripts and Buddhist translations from the 11th to 13th centuries.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17B86
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	𗮆
HTML Hex Encoding	𗮆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0xAE 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81E 0xDF86
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017B86
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81e\udf86

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	165.10
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-5710