U+17E19 "𗸙" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗸙

U+17E19 "𗸙" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia Empire (11th to 14th centuries). This character belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block, which encompasses over 6,000 logographic symbols that were used primarily for administrative, religious, and literary texts. Each Tangut ideograph typically represents a single syllable and a distinct meaning, though the precise semantic value of U+17E19 is not widely documented in modern reference sources. The character is encoded for historical and linguistic research purposes, allowing digital preservation and study of this unique and complex script that was deciphered in part by scholars through comparative analysis of bilingual inscriptions and manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+17E19
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 𗸙
HTML Hex Encoding 𗸙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xB8 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81F 0xDE19
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017E19
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81f\ude19

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 225.10
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0861