What 𗎖 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses it as “bitter.”
Li Fanwen’s dictionary lists entry L4046 as “bitter” and reconstructs its reading as khie (also khe), scholarly Latin-letter transcriptions.
Why was Tangut writing created?
Western Xia commissioned it for state use. Tangut was the state’s language; the script, created in 1036, served government writing and translation.
Tangut texts survive in secular manuscripts and later Buddhist writings.
Who writes 𗎖
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Questions people ask
1Was Tangut writing used after Western Xia ended?
Yes. Buddhist stone pillars dated 1502 bear Tangut writing and dhāraṇī, short Buddhist formulas.
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How to type or find 𗎖
- Search it as
- Tangut bitter · bitter · khie · khe · L4046 · Xixia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗎖CSS
\17396Display
If 𗎖 shows as a box, the font probably lacks Tangut coverage.
Unicode input
To type 𗎖, enter 17396 in a Unicode hex-input method that supports supplementary-plane characters.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗎖
HTML hex
𗎖
CSS content
content: "\17396";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%8E%96
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.