U+17BCF "𗯏" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+17BCF "𗯏" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the ancient Tangut writing system, which was used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Xixia Empire (1038–1227 C.E.) in northwestern China. This character is part of the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, codified to preserve the complex logographic script that consists of thousands of characters, each representing a syllable or word. The precise meaning of U+17BCF remains undetermined in current scholarship, as much of the Tangut lexicon is still being deciphered through the study of bilingual texts and dictionaries like the Pearl in the Palm, though it likely conveys a concrete or abstract concept native to the Tangut vocabulary.
General Properties
Code Point
U+17BCF
Name
Tangut Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𗯏
HTML Hex Encoding
𗯏
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x97 0xAF 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD81E 0xDFCF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00017BCF
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud81e\udfcf
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tangut
kTGT_RSUnicode
167.17
kTGT_MergedSrc
L2008-5270