What 𗛽 means
𗛽 is the tangut ideograph-176fd. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Tangut block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
𗛽 is a single code point, U176FD. In HTML that is 𗛽, and in CSS \176FD.
Who writes 𗛽
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗛽 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.
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How to type or find 𗛽
- Search it as
- 𗛽 meaning · Tangut script · Tangut character · Western Xia writing · Tangut font · Xixia script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗛽CSS
\176FDCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗛽
HTML hex
𗛽
CSS content
content: "\176FD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%9B%BD
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.