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tangut ideograph-17213

Tangut Character ๐—ˆ“

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๐—ˆ“ is a Tangut character whose meaning depends on its word and the passage around it. Specialists reconstruct its Tangut reading as *lejยฒ, but that reading is not an English translation. The Tangut script served Western Xia government, Buddhist translation, and scholarship; if someone sends ๐—ˆ“ alone, ask for the word or passage it came from.

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What ๐—ˆ“ means

๐—ˆ“ is a Tangut character interpreted through its word and context.

It is entry 1445 in Li Fanwen's numbered Tangut character list, also indexed as LFW 1445. The Tangut reading of ๐—ˆ“ is reconstructed as *lejยฒ, a scholarly pronunciation notation, not an English translation. Its strokes alone do not give a dependable translation.

Why was the Tangut script made?

It gave Western Xia a written language for government. In 1036, ruler Li Yuanhao ordered an original script. Yeli Renrong and other scholars developed it, giving the state a distinct official identity alongside Chinese.

๐—ˆ“ is cited in the 12th-century Tongyin, a Tangut homophone dictionary that records characters with the same sound. Tangut writing appears in government records, diplomatic documents in two languages, Buddhist scriptures, Chinese classics, and dictionaries. Western Xia ended in 1227, but a stone inscription at Juyong Pass dated 1345 shows Tangut writing remained legible after the kingdom fell. Neighboring Liao and Jin states used separate scripts: Khitan and Jurchen, respectively.

What should I make of a lone ๐—ˆ“?

A lone ๐—ˆ“ needs context before you can translate it. The character identifies a glyph, but not why the sender shared it. Ask for the source phrase or passage before translating it.

Historical and specialist: ๐—ˆ“ belongs to Tangut texts and their study.

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Who writes ๐—ˆ“

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

A written character whose pronunciation and sense depend on the word around it.

Questions people ask

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Why does ๐—ˆ“ show as a box?

A box means your current font or app cannot render this Tangut character. Use a font and app with Tangut support.

How to type or find ๐—ˆ“

Also called
LFW 1445 ยท Tangut L1445
Search it as
L1445 ยท lej ยท Xixia ยท Western Xia ยท Tangut ๐—ˆ“
Shows up in
Anything that takes text ยท its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
โŽ‡Alt+XType 17213, then AltX to get ๐—ˆ“.
Windows
โŠžWin+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's ฮฉ symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
โŒƒControl+โŒ˜Command+โฃSpaceOpen the character viewer and search โ€œtangut ideograph-17213โ€.
Linux
โŽˆCtrl+โ‡งShift+UType 17213, then Enter or Space.
HTML
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CSS
\17213
Unicode code-point input for ๐—ˆ“
In an editor that supports Unicode code-point entry, enter U17213; the exact keystrokes depend on your operating system.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗈓
HTML hex
𗈓
CSS content
content: "\17213";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%88%93
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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.

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