U+17EC1 "𗻁" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗻁

U+17EC1 "𗻁" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded glyph from the Tangut script, a historically significant writing system used during the Tangut Empire (Western Xia dynasty, 1038–1227 CE) to record the extinct Tangut language. This particular ideograph, assigned to the Tangut Ideographs Unicode block (U+17000 to U+187FF), represents one of the thousands of logographic characters in that script, which was invented by imperial decree and modeled after Chinese characters but with a distinct structure and pronunciation. While the exact meaning and phonetic value of U+17EC1 may not be widely documented outside specialized philological research, its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation, academic study, and cross-platform analysis of Tangut manuscripts, enabling scholars to decode historical texts and better understand the culture and administration of the Tangut civilization.

General Properties

Code Point U+17EC1
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 𗻁
HTML Hex Encoding 𗻁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xBB 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81F 0xDEC1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017EC1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81f\udec1

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 260.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-2788