U+17DAF "饤动" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17DAF "饤动" Tangut Ideograph-# is an ideograph from the ancient Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This specific character, part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, represents a unique logographic symbol whose exact meaning or phonetic value has been reconstructed through scholarly analysis of fragmentary texts and dictionaries, such as the 12th century "Pearl in the Palm" compendium. As a representative of a complex writing system with over 6,000 known characters, it illustrates the sophisticated linguistic heritage of the Tangut civilization, though many of its properties remain partially understood due to the script's sparse attestation and the challenges of decipherment.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗶯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗶯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xB6 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81F 0xDDAF |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017DAF |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81f\uddaf |
Unicode Properties