U+17F5D "𗽝" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𗽝
U+17F5D "𗽝" Tangut Ideograph-# is a logographic symbol from the Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This specific ideograph, numbered by scholars for cataloging purposes, is part of a vast set of over 6,000 complex characters that differ from Chinese writing. Its precise meaning is not fully deciphered, as many Tangut glyphs remain untranslated or ambiguous due to limited historical texts and linguistic research. The character is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Tangut block, ensuring its digital preservation for academic study of this ancient Central Asian civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17F5D |
| 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 | 𗽝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𗽝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x97 0xBD 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81F 0xDF5D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00017F5D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81f\udf5d |
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 | 263.13 |
| kTGT_MergedSrc | L2008-3632 |