U+17BD5 "𗯕" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗯕

U+17BD5 "𗯕" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific, numerically defined character from the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (11th-13th centuries). This particular ideograph, like all Tangut characters, represents a single syllable or morpheme and is composed of intricate strokes that distinguish it from thousands of other known Tangut glyphs. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard under the Tangut block (U+17000 to U+187FF) was a major achievement in digital preservation, allowing scholars to accurately encode and share this historically significant script. Though the exact meaning and pronunciation of "𗯕" are determined by specialized linguistic research and dictionaries, its existence in Unicode ensures it can be reliably represented in modern computing environments for ongoing historical and philological study.

General Properties

Code Point U+17BD5
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 𗯕
HTML Hex Encoding 𗯕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xAF 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81E 0xDFD5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017BD5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81e\udfd5

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 170.7
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-5946