Unicode block Xixia

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The Unicode block Xixia (English: Tangut, U + 17000 to U + 187FF) contains the logographic characters of the Xixia script . Just like CJK ideograms , all characters have the general category “other letter” and the bidirectional class “left to right”. The names of the characters are built up algorithmically. For example, the character with the code number U + 17000 is called "TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-17000".

The Xixia components Unicode block contains the basic components that make up the Xixia characters.

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Due to the size of this block, the character table is divided into:

The block is only defined with Standard 9.0.0 and therefore there should only be a few fonts for the display so far . A font that is free for private use can be found at http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Fonts/Yinchuan.html .

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