U+17DCC "𗷌" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17DCC "ð—·Œ" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language spoken by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This ideograph represents a single morpheme or word, with its exact meaning and pronunciation known primarily through scholarly reconstruction based on historical dictionaries and texts, as the script was deciphered in the 20th century. It is part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, which contains thousands of these intricate characters, each composed of complex strokes and often resembling Chinese characters but with distinct structural principles. The character’s inclusion in the Unicode Standard enables its digital representation and study by linguists and historians focusing on this unique and challenging aspect of Central Asian philology.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗷌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗷌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xB7 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81F 0xDDCC |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017DCC |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81f\uddcc |
Unicode Properties