U+187FB "𘟻" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+187FB "𘟻" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific encoded glyph from the Tangut script, an extinct logographic writing system used during the Western Xia dynasty (11th-13th centuries) to record the Tangut language. This character belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block in the Unicode Standard, which includes thousands of complex, stroke-heavy symbols representing entire words or morphemes, many of which have been deciphered through the study of bilingual Chinese-Tangut texts like the "Pearl in the Palm" and the "Sea of Characters." The exact meaning of U+187FB, like many Tangut ideographs, is determined by its context within historical manuscript fragments, often relating to administrative, religious, or cultural vocabulary of the empire. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representation and preservation of this rare historical script remains possible for scholars and linguists worldwide.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘟻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘟻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0x9F 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD821 0xDFFB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000187FB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud821\udffb |
Unicode Properties