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𗌠

tangut ideograph-17320

Tangut character 17320

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𗌠 is a Tangut character whose reconstructed reading is *nia̱²; its exact translation depends on context. Tangut writing emerged around 1036 for the Western Xia state and Buddhist texts, then served law and literature. A Tangut inscription dated 1502 shows the script was still in use then. Its Chinese-inspired appearance belongs to a script for the separate Tangut language.

Text symbol

What 𗌠 means

Its reconstructed reading is not a translation; context determines the word.

Tangut lexicons give the scholarly reconstruction *nia̱² and record the character in compounds such as 𗌒𗌠 and 𗌠𗋋. The surrounding characters help establish how a written word is read and translated.

Is 𗌠 Chinese?

No. It belongs to the Tangut script and records the Tangut language.

Tangut script drew on Chinese and Khitan writing, a separate historical script, but it was made for a different language. If this character appears as a box or blank, the active font lacks Tangut support.

A historical written character, suited to Tangut texts and scholarly discussion.

Who writes 𗌠

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗌠 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 𗌠

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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17320, then AltX to get 𗌠.
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-17320”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17320, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗌠
CSS
\17320
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗌠
HTML hex
𗌠
CSS content
content: "\17320";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%8C%A0
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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