U+17C5C "𗱜" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17C5C "𗱜" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logographic symbol from the Tangut script, an extinct writing system used to record the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in present-day northwestern China. This character is one of thousands of Tangut ideographs encoded in the Unicode Standard under Plane 2 of the Supplementary Ideographic Plane, where each character represents a unique syllable or word from the Tangut lexicon. The exact meaning or pronunciation of U+17C5C is not widely known outside specialized scholarly databases, as the Tangut script was deciphered only partially through analysis of bilingual texts like the Tangut translation of Buddhist scriptures. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally document this historically significant script, allowing researchers and linguists to study the language and culture of the Tangut civilization.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗱜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗱜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xB1 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81F 0xDC5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017C5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81f\udc5c |
Unicode Properties