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𗢍

tangut ideograph-1788d

Tangut Ideograph 1788D

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𗢍 is glossed as “brother” and “maternal uncle” in Western Xia records. 𗏿𗢍 is a fixed good-fortune phrase.

Text symbol

What 𗢍 means

Western Xia records gloss 𗢍 as “brother”; “maternal uncle” is another reading. Women used it for their brothers.

Tangut is a separate script for the Tangut language of northwestern China, created around 1036; its square forms resemble Chinese writing. It served government, household records, Buddhist scripture, Confucian works, military writing, and literature. 𗢍 appears in 11th–13th-century household records.

What does 𗏿𗢍 mean?

It is a fixed phrase for auspicious signs and good fortune. A Western Xia register glosses it as “treasure of auspicious sign” and records it in a girl's name.

Historical, context-bound.

Good fortune belongs to 𗏿𗢍, not 𗢍 alone.

Who writes 𗢍

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

“Brother”; also glossed “maternal uncle.”

Combination ideas

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Western Xia phrase for auspicious signs and good fortune.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𗢍 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 𗢍

Search it as
Tangut brother · maternal uncle · good fortune
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 1788D, then AltX to get 𗢍.
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-1788d”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 1788d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗢍
CSS
\1788D
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗢍
HTML hex
𗢍
CSS content
content: "\1788D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%A2%8D
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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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