What 𗂐 means
Use Unicode input and a font that supports Tangut.
If your keyboard has no Tangut layout, enter U17090 in a Unicode picker, then choose a font with Tangut coverage.
A box or blank square means the selected font cannot draw this text character.
What does 𗂐 mean?
It means “pierce” or “impale,” and can also mean “invade and harass.”
A Tangut Buddhist translation uses 𗂐𗉛 for “sorrow as if being pierced”: 𗂐 contributes the piercing sense.
Is 𗂐 Chinese?
No. It is Tangut, a distinct script influenced by Chinese writing.
Created for Western Xia state-building in 1036, Tangut gave its Tibeto-Burman language a written form. The script served government and Buddhist translations, including translations from Chinese and Tibetan.
Tangut rulers followed the earlier Khitan example of a state-backed script. Writing continued after Western Xia fell in 1227; surviving manuscripts include one probably from the 12th or early 13th century.
Historical and scholarly; understand it in its Tangut textual context.
Who writes 𗂐
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2When was 𗂐 first written?
As of 2026, the first surviving occurrence of this exact glyph has no secure date.
Why does 𗂐 show as a box?
The selected font may lack Tangut coverage. Choose one that includes the script; the character remains 𗂐.
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How to type or find 𗂐
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𗂐\17090Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.