U+17BA4 "𗮤" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗮤
U+17BA4 "𗮤" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE). This character is part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, which includes thousands of logographic symbols that function similarly to Chinese characters but with distinct forms and phonetic values. While the exact meaning and pronunciation of this particular ideograph may require specialized scholarly reference, its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of this ancient script, which is crucial for historians and linguists working to decipher texts from the Western Xia period.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17BA4 |
| 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 | 𗮤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗮤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0xAE 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81E 0xDFA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017BA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81e\udfa4 |
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 | 167.9 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-5268 |