What 𗇧 means
A Tangut word glossed as “horse disease.”
It names an illness of horses, not horses themselves.
The gloss gives no pronunciation.
When was Tangut writing used?
It spread under the Western Xia dynasty.
Tangut writing spread around 1036 for official, cultural, and religious texts; 𗇧 belongs to that tradition.
The dynasty fell in 1227; Tangut writing continued into the Ming period.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗇧 appear as a box?
A missing Tangut-capable font is the likely cause. The character remains valid Unicode.
How to type 𗇧
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 171E7, then Alt+X to get 𗇧.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “tangut ideograph-171e7”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 171e7, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗇧CSS
\171E7Xunpin/Rime input
In the Xunpin layout for the Rime input method, press `f` for stroke mode, then enter `eajceamcd`.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗇧
HTML hex
𗇧
CSS content
content: "\171E7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%87%A7
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.