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𗈉

tangut ideograph-17209

Tangut character 17209

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𗈉 is a Tangut character with no secure standalone English meaning established as of 2026. Tangut writing began as Western Xia state script around 1036 and later served Buddhist, official, and literary texts. A lone glyph leaves a sender's intent unclear.

Text symbol

What 𗈉 means

No secure standalone English meaning is established as of 2026.

Western Xia was a medieval kingdom in northwestern China. Its court developed Tangut writing for government; the script also carried Buddhist, official, and literary texts before falling out of use.

The earliest cited record is in a Tangut homophone dictionary from the 12th century, a book grouping characters by pronunciation.

Someone sent me 𗈉. What does it mean?

Ask the sender what they mean. Without surrounding Tangut text, the glyph alone offers no reliable way to decode the message.

Who writes 𗈉

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗈉 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 𗈉

Search it as
Tangut character meaning · Xixia script · Tangut writing
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17209, then AltX to get 𗈉.
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-17209”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17209, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗈉
CSS
\17209
How to type a Tangut character
Use an input method that supports Tangut. The glyph appears only if the app's font also includes Tangut.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗈉
HTML hex
𗈉
CSS content
content: "\17209";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%88%89
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.

Families this belongs to

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