U+17F56 "ð—½–" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð—½–

U+17F56 "ð—½–" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient writing system used during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) to record the now extinct Tangut language. This ideograph represents one of over 6,000 known Tangut characters, each typically formed from complex combinations of strokes and radicals, and it has been encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Tangut block (U+17000 to U+187FF) to enable digital preservation and scholarly research. The exact meaning and phonetic reading of this particular character are subjects of ongoing study, as Tangut texts often require contextual interpretation from sources like the Pearl in the Palm, a key dictionary of the era. Its inclusion in Unicode supports historians and linguists working to decode the language and culture of the lost Tangut civilization.

General Properties

Code Point U+17F56
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 𗽖
HTML Hex Encoding 𗽖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xBD 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81F 0xDF56
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017F56
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81f\udf56

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 263.12
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-3291