U+17EC6 "𗻆" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17EC6 "𗻆" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single logographic glyph from the Tangut script, a complex writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane and was encoded in Unicode version 9.0 in 2016. Like all Tangut characters, it represents a specific word or morpheme, though its exact meaning and pronunciation are known only through scholarly reconstruction based on excavated texts and bilingual inscriptions. The character's inclusion in Unicode helps preserve a key part of Central Asian historical and linguistic heritage, enabling digital research and documentation of a culture that was lost for centuries.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗻆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗻆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xBB 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81F 0xDEC6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017EC6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81f\udec6 |
Unicode Properties