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𗜸

tangut ideograph-17738

Tangut character 17738

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𗜸 is a Tangut character; as of 2026, its meaning and earliest written appearance remain uncertain. Tangut writing began as the Western Xia (Xixia) state script around 1036, serving government and translating Buddhist texts before appearing in legal and translated works beyond the state. It drew on Chinese writing principles and an earlier script called Khitan, yet remained distinct. The readings gu² and ngu² are reconstructed sounds, not meanings.

Text symbol

What 𗜸 means

𗜸 is the tangut ideograph-17738. 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

𗜸 is a single code point, U17738. In HTML that is 𗜸, and in CSS \17738.

Who writes 𗜸

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗜸 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 𗜸

Search it as
Tangut 𗜸 · 𗜸 meaning · gu² · ngu² · Xixia script
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17738, then AltX to get 𗜸.
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-17738”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17738, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗜸
CSS
\17738
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗜸
HTML hex
𗜸
CSS content
content: "\17738";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%9C%B8
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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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols