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𗒠

tangut ideograph-174a0

Tangut Ideograph 174A0

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𗒠 is the Tangut character for a neck bone. Tangut writing served the Western Xia kingdom in northwestern China for government and culture, including Buddhist translations and laws; a known inscription is dated as late as 1502.

Text symbol

What 𗒠 means

Its gloss is “cervical vertebra.” In plain terms, that is one of the bones in your neck.

Tangut writing was modeled on Chinese and Khitan scripts. It entered use around 1037; that date is for the script, not 𗒠 by itself.

Who writes 𗒠

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗒠 show as a box?

Your active font has no Tangut glyph for it. A font with Tangut coverage can display the character.

Is 𗒠 a Chinese character?

No. 𗒠 belongs to Tangut writing. That script was modeled on Chinese and Khitan writing, but it is distinct.

How to type or find 𗒠

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Tangut character for a neck bone · cervical vertebra in Tangut · Xixia script character
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 174A0, then AltX to get 𗒠.
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-174a0”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 174a0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗒠
CSS
\174A0
Python
In a Python Unicode string literal, write \U000174A0.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗒠
HTML hex
𗒠
CSS content
content: "\174A0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%92%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.

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