U+17BEF "𗯯" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17BEF "𗯯" Tangut Ideograph-# is a representative glyph from the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This specific character, identified by its hexadecimal code point in the Tangut block of the Unicode Standard, appears to be a combination of radical components and strokes, though its precise semantic meaning and phonetic value are not definitively recorded in the available character databases. Tangut ideographs are notoriously intricate, often featuring multiple horizontal and vertical strokes arranged in dense, square compositions that mimic the structural principles of Chinese characters, yet they are entirely unrelated to the Chinese writing system in terms of derivation and grammar. As part of the ongoing efforts to digitize and preserve historical scripts, this character is included in Unicode to support scholarly research and digital documentation of Tangut manuscripts and epigrap
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗯯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗯯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xAF 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81E 0xDFEF |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017BEF |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81e\udfef |
Unicode Properties