U+17BFB "𗯻" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17BFB "𗯻" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in what is now northwestern China. This ideograph is part of the Tangut block within the Unicode Standard, which includes thousands of complex logographic characters that were deciphered in part through the discovery of a Tangut-Chinese bilingual glossary known as the Pearl in the Palm. While the exact meaning or phonetic value of this particular character may not be widely documented outside of specialized scholarly databases, it represents one of the many intricate symbols used in Tangut manuscripts, which often include Buddhist texts, legal documents, and literary works. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and study of this unique and historically significant writing system.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗯻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗯻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xAF 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81E 0xDFFB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017BFB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81e\udffb |
Unicode Properties