U+17D9D "𗶝" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17D9D "𗶝" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the Tangut script, a complex writing system used to document the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character, whose exact meaning and pronunciation are subjects of ongoing philological research, belongs to the Tangut block of the Unicode Standard, which encodes thousands of these ideographs for digital representation and scholarly study. Like other Tangut characters, U+17D9D was constructed from intricate strokes and radicals, reflecting the script's design based on Chinese calligraphic principles, yet forming a completely independent and highly logographic system for the Sino-Tibetan Tangut language. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the preservation, digital transmission, and academic analysis of this historically significant writing system.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗶝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗶝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xB6 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81F 0xDD9D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017D9D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81f\udd9d |
Unicode Properties