U+17D43 "𗵃" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17D43 "𗵃" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific symbol from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in northwestern China. This ideograph represents a single logographic character from the extensive Tangut repertoire, which consists of over 6,000 known characters, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of this historically significant but largely undeciphered script. While its exact semantic meaning and phonetic value are not fully documented in common references, the character contributes to ongoing scholarly efforts to interpret Tangut texts, which include Buddhist scriptures, legal documents, and literary works.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17D43
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	𗵃
HTML Hex Encoding	𗵃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0xB5 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81F 0xDD43
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017D43
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81f\udd43

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	206.14
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-0083