Tangut (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:Tangut
Rangestart:17000
Rangeend:187FF
Script1:Tangut
9 0:6125
11 0:5
12 0:6
Note:[1] [2]

Tangut is a Unicode block containing characters from the Tangut script, which was used for writing the Tangut language spoken by the Tangut people in the Western Xia Empire, and in China during the Yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty.

Tangut characters do not have descriptive character names, but have names derived algorithmically from their code point value (e.g. U+17000 is named TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-17000).

Block

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Tangut block:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
  2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.