U+17F21 "𗼡" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗼡

U+17F21 "𗼡" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia dynasty (11th–13th centuries). This ideograph represents one of over six thousand known Tangut characters, each with their own phonetic and semantic values, though the precise meaning of this particular character is not broadly defined in common digital references. The Tangut script is historically significant for its complex system of logograms, which were created by the Western Xia emperor Li Yuanhao to unify and promote Tangut culture and administration. Today, characters like U+17F21 are preserved and studied through the Unicode Standard, enabling digital representation and research into this ancient writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+17F21
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 𗼡
HTML Hex Encoding 𗼡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xBC 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81F 0xDF21
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017F21
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81f\udf21

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 262.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-3439