U+17CF8 "𗳸" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17CF8 "𗳸" Tangut Ideograph-# is one of thousands of logographic symbols in the Tangut script, used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty from the 11th to 13th centuries. This specific ideograph, whose meaning and pronunciation are documented in the dictionary "Homophones" and other Tangut lexical sources, represents either a single syllable or a concept, though its exact modern reading remains uncertain as the language is still being deciphered by scholars. Like all Tangut characters, it is composed of intricate strokes and radical components that distinguish it from Chinese hanzi, reflecting a unique writing system invented by imperial decree to assert cultural and political independence.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17CF8
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	𗳸
HTML Hex Encoding	𗳸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0xB3 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81F 0xDCF8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017CF8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81f\udcf8

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	194.10
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-1792