U+17C4F "𗱏" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17C4F "𗱏" Tangut Ideograph-# is part of the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the now extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty from the 11th to 16th centuries. This specific ideograph represents a single character from the vast Tangut syllabary, which consists of several thousand logographic symbols that were deciphered primarily through the analysis of bilingual Chinese Tangut inscriptions and dictionaries. The designation "#" indicates that this particular character's exact meaning or transcription remains partially unidentified or unassigned in modern scholarly databases, though it belongs to the set of characters encoded in Unicode's Tangut block. As a historical artifact encoded for digital preservation, U+17C4F helps researchers study the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Tangut people, whose isolated script and language offer unique insights into the medieval history of northwest China.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗱏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗱏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xB1 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81F 0xDC4F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017C4F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81f\udc4f |
Unicode Properties