U+17B8E "𗮎" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗮎

U+17B8E "𗮎" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This ideograph belongs to the Tangut block in Unicode, which encodes thousands of characters from the script's tens of thousands of known glyphs, many of which were deciphered from manuscripts and inscriptions. Like all Tangut characters, U+17B8E represents a single syllable or morpheme, but its exact meaning, phonetic value, and usage remain largely unglossed in current resources due to the script's partial decipherment. The character is identified by its unique code point in the Universal Character Set, providing a standardized digital representation for researchers and linguists studying this historical writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+17B8E
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 𗮎
HTML Hex Encoding 𗮎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xAE 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81E 0xDF8E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017B8E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81e\udf8e

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 165.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-5076