U+17BE5 "𗯥" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗯥
U+17BE5 "𗯥" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single symbol from the Tangut script, a historically significant writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in what is now northwestern China. This ideograph represents a specific native Tangut word, and its meaning and pronunciation have been reconstructed by scholars through the analysis of ancient bilingual dictionaries and texts, though many such characters remain partially understood. Registered as part of the Tangut block in Unicode 9.0, this character helps preserve the legacy of a unique logographic system that was deciphered in the early 20th century and is now crucial for understanding the history, law, and culture of the Tangut civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17BE5 |
| 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 | 𗯥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗯥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0xAF 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81E 0xDFE5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017BE5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81e\udfe5 |
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 | 171.16 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-5198 |