U+17C5E "𗱞" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗱞
U+17C5E "𗱞" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This ideograph, cataloged in the Tangut block of Unicode, represents a single, distinct meaning or phonetic value within the thousands of characters that compose the script, which was deciphered in the 20th century. As a component of the Unicode standard, it enables digital preservation and study of the Tangut writing system, contributing to research in historical linguistics and ancient East Asian civilizations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17C5E |
| 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 | 𗱞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗱞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0xB1 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81F 0xDC5E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017C5E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81f\udc5e |
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 | L2008-1300 |