U+17E7F "𗹿" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗹿

U+17E7F "𗹿" Tangut Ideograph-# is one of the thousands of characters encoded in the Unicode Standard's Tangut block, representing a logogram from the extinct Tangut script used to write the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty roughly between the 11th and 16th centuries. As of Unicode version 16.0, this specific character lacks a standardized English gloss or a definitive transliteration, but it is structurally composed of components commonly found in Tangut ideographs, which often combine semantic and phonetic elements. Its inclusion in Unicode is crucial for the digital preservation and scholarly study of Tangut texts, enabling researchers and linguists to analyze historical documents, dictionaries, and inscriptions without relying on approximate substitutes. Without a fully reconstructed pronunciation or meaning, "𗹿" remains a placeholder for ongoing philological work, highlighting both the achievements and the challenges in decoding this highly complex and largely undeciphere

General Properties

Code Point U+17E7F
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 𗹿
HTML Hex Encoding 𗹿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xB9 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81F 0xDE7F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017E7F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81f\ude7f

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 245.13
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-2834