U+17F29 "𗼩" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗼩

U+17F29 "𗼩" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a historically significant writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia Empire from the 11th to 16th centuries. This character forms part of the Tangut block in Unicode, added in version 9.0 in 2016, and its precise meaning in the original language is typically documented in scholarly dictionaries of Tangut, though its exact translation often depends on context within historical manuscripts. The character represents a single logogram or ideograph within this complex script, which was modeled after Chinese characters but structurally distinct, featuring intricate strokes and composition. As a digital representation, it enables modern preservation and analysis of Tangut texts, aiding linguists and historians in studying this once lost language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+17F29
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 𗼩
HTML Hex Encoding 𗼩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xBC 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81F 0xDF29
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017F29
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81f\udf29

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 262.14
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-3441