Tangut Character 171D1

Context is essential for interpreting this character. A reconstructed reading is a modern scholarly estimate of how it sounded, not a translation; Tangut dictionaries give more than one for 𗇑. Read it within its surrounding word or passage to identify the meaning.

The Tangut script, also called Xixia, was created under the first Western Xia emperor about 1036 CE to write the Tangut language, spoken in what is now northwestern China. It appeared in official, private, and religious writing, including Buddhist translations.

After Western Xia fell to the Mongols, Tangut writing continued under Yuan and Ming rule but was obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. As of 2025, the latest datable Tangut material known is a pair of Buddhist pillars erected in 1502.

How to type 𗇑?

Use an input method that accepts hexadecimal or UTF-16 input.

Use 𗇑 in HTML source. If a program accepts UTF-16 code units directly, enter D81C DDD1; this character uses a pair of 16-bit units.

An empty box means your font has no Tangut glyph. Tangut sources preserve variant written forms: Unicode treats forms that a source does not distinguish as one character, but gives separate characters to forms listed separately in a source.