U+17E06 "𗸆" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17E06 "𗸆" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific symbol from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used by the extinct Tangut Empire of northwestern China between the 11th and 16th centuries. This character, assigned the provisional name "Tangut Ideograph-#" in the Unicode Standard due to its unknown or unconfirmed meaning, is part of the Tangut block included in Unicode to preserve and digitally encode this historically important script. The Tangut script comprises thousands of intricate characters, and U+17E06 represents one of many that scholars are still deciphering, often relying on the extensive Tangut dictionary known as the "Pearl in the Palm" to understand its use in translating Buddhist texts and administrative records.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17E06
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	𗸆
HTML Hex Encoding	𗸆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x97 0xB8 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81F 0xDE06
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00017E06
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81f\ude06

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	224.12
kTGT_MergedSrc	L2008-1467