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𗇬

tangut ideograph-171ec

Tangut Character 171EC

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Dictionary glosses for 𗇬 include “chaotic,” “confused,” and “private.” It belongs to Tangut, the historical script of the Western Xia kingdom (Xixia). Entering it generally takes a Tangut-aware input method, and displaying it depends on font support.

Text symbol

What 𗇬 means

It can mean disorder or confusion; “private” is another recorded sense.

The Tangut script was created under the first emperor of Western Xia (Xixia) around 1036 CE. It served official, private, and religious writing. 𗇬 appears in the 12th-century Tangut Homophones dictionary.

The dictionary links its meaning to Chinese 亂 (simplified 乱), but that link does not make the Chinese forms interchangeable with 𗇬.

A historical Tangut dictionary character, with recorded senses for disorder and privacy.

Do not use it in place of Chinese 亂 or 乱.

Who writes 𗇬

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Don't confuse it with

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亂 / 乱 These are traditional and simplified Chinese forms linked to a disorder-related meaning. They belong to Chinese writing and cannot replace 𗇬.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𗇬 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find 𗇬

Search it as
tangut · xixia · chaos · disorder · confused · private · lwan · lwan2
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 171EC, then AltX to get 𗇬.
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-171ec”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 171ec, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗇬
CSS
\171EC
How do I type 𗇬?
Use a Tangut-aware input method; phonetic, code, and handwriting entry are documented options.
Why does 𗇬 show as a box?
A Tangut-capable font must contain this character to display it; correct encoding alone cannot draw a missing glyph.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗇬
HTML hex
𗇬
CSS content
content: "\171EC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%87%AC
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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.

Families this belongs to

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