U+17F78 "𗽸" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𗽸

U+17F78 "𗽸" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a complex logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty in medieval China. This character represents one of thousands of ideographs in the Tangut script, which was deciphered in the 20th century through the study of bilingual texts and dictionaries. The precise meaning of this particular ideograph is not widely known outside specialized linguistic and paleographic research, as the Tangut script does not have a direct one to one mapping with Chinese characters or other modern languages. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for digital preservation and study of the Tangut language, supporting efforts to understand the history and culture of the Western Xia civilization.

General Properties

Code Point U+17F78
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 𗽸
HTML Hex Encoding 𗽸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x97 0xBD 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81F 0xDF78
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00017F78
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81f\udf78

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 263.17
kTGT_MergedSrc L2008-3321