U+17EB1 "𗺱" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗺱
U+17EB1 "𗺱" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE). This ideograph represents a single concept or word, though its exact meaning remains under scholarly investigation, as the Tangut script comprises thousands of logographic characters derived from Chinese calligraphy. Encoded in the Tangut block of Unicode, it helps preserve a historical text corpus that includes translations of Buddhist scriptures and administrative documents, offering insights into the culture and language of this medieval Central Asian empire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17EB1 |
| 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 | 𗺱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗺱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0xBA 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81F 0xDEB1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017EB1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81f\udeb1 |
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 | 260.11 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-2500 |