U+17E53 "𗹓" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗹓
U+17E53 "𗹓" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific logogram from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to enable digital representation and study of this complex script. Like other Tangut ideographs, U+17E53 represents a single syllable or concept and was deciphered through the analysis of bilingual texts and dictionaries such as the "Pearl in the Palm." Its precise meaning has been cataloged as part of ongoing efforts to preserve and understand the linguistic heritage of the Tangut civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17E53 |
| 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 | 𗹓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗹓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0xB9 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81F 0xDE53 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017E53 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81f\ude53 |
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 | 236.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-0465 |