U+17C5D "𗱝" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17C5D "𗱝" 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 in northwestern China, which flourished from the 11th to 13th centuries. This character, like others in the Tangut block (U+17000 to U+187FF), represents an ideograph that corresponds to a single morpheme or word, though its exact meaning and phonetic value may not be fully deciphered for all such rare characters. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for digital representation and preservation of this historical script, aiding scholars in studying the textual remains of a once powerful civilization on the Silk Road.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17C5D
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	𗱝
HTML Hex Encoding	𗱝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0xB1 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81F 0xDC5D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017C5D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81f\udc5d

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	185.11
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-1002