U+17BF5 "𗯵" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17BF5 "𗯵" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific graphical symbol from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty of China between the 11th and 16th centuries. This ideograph, like all Tangut characters, represents a unique combination of meaning and sound, and its exact definition is often unknown or debated because a complete record of the Tangut language has not survived. The character U+17BF5 is part of the Tangut block in the Unicode Standard, which was encoded to preserve and enable digital study of this historical script, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to access and analyze its complex logographic structure.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17BF5
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	𗯵
HTML Hex Encoding	𗯵
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0xAF 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81E 0xDFF5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017BF5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81e\udff5

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	173.10
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-5326