U+17BB6 "𗮶" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗮶
U+17BB6 "𗮶" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the Tangut script, a complex writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This character belongs to a large block of over 6,000 ideographs encoded in the Unicode Standard, each representing a unique syllable or word with its own meaning and pronunciation, primarily reconstructed from historical dictionaries like the "Pearl in the Palm." While the exact semantic value of U+17BB6 is not commonly known outside specialized academic research, its inclusion ensures the preservation of a vital part of Central Asian cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17BB6 |
| 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 | 𗮶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗮶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0xAE 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81E 0xDFB6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017BB6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81e\udfb6 |
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 | 167.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-5515 |