U+17BC3 "𗯃" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17BC3 "𗯃" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific grapheme from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This particular ideograph is encoded in the Tangut block of Unicode, which supports historical research and digital preservation of the script. Like all Tangut characters, it is logographic and typically represents a single syllable or morpheme, though its exact meaning and pronunciation are known primarily through scholarly reconstruction from historical documents. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode aids linguists and historians in studying the culture and language of the Tangut civilization.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17BC3
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	𗯃
HTML Hex Encoding	𗯃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0xAF 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81E 0xDFC3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017BC3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81e\udfc3

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	167.13
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-5276