U+17C08 "𗰈" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17C08 "𗰈" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific symbol from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in northwestern China. This character belongs to the Tangut block in Unicode, which encodes over 6,000 ideographs that were deciphered from historical manuscripts and inscriptions, with each character representing a word or morpheme and often carrying distinct phonetic and semantic values. As part of the Unicode Standard, U+17C08 enables digital preservation and scholarly study of this complex ancient script, allowing for accurate text representation and research into the history and culture of the Tangut people without relying on transcription systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17C08
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	𗰈
HTML Hex Encoding	𗰈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0xB0 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81F 0xDC08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017C08
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81f\udc08

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	174.8
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-5629