U+17E44 "𗹄" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗹄

U+17E44 "𗹄" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single logographic symbol from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia Empire (11th-13th century). This specific ideograph represents a particular word or morpheme in Tangut, though its exact meaning and phonetic reading are not always known to the public as Tangut scholarship requires specialized expertise. Part of the Tangut block in Unicode, this character was encoded to preserve and make digitally accessible the extensive corpus of Tangut texts, which include Buddhist scriptures, legal documents, and literary works. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and enthusiasts to accurately represent and study this historical script across modern digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+17E44
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 𗹄
HTML Hex Encoding 𗹄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xB9 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81F 0xDE44
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017E44
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81f\ude44

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 234.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-0199