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𗢪

tangut ideograph-178aa

Tangut first-person pronoun “I”

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𗢪 means “I” in Tangut: it is the word the speaker uses for themself. The Xixia (Tangut) script was created around 1036 for the language of the Western Xia state in northwestern China; its square characters resemble Chinese writing but record Tangut words. It served in state records and Buddhist translations. The earliest surviving document dates to 1072; inscriptions from 1345 show the script remained in use after the state’s fall in 1227.

Text symbol

What 𗢪 means

𗢪 is the tangut ideograph-178aa. 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

𗢪 is a single code point, U178AA. In HTML that is 𗢪, and in CSS \178AA.

This is Tangut text, not a universal shorthand for “I.”

If the reader may not know Tangut, include a translation.

Who writes 𗢪

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗢪 appear as a box?

The font likely lacks Tangut coverage. Choose a font that includes Tangut characters; the text can still contain 𗢪 even when that font cannot draw it.

How to type or find 𗢪

Search it as
tangut · xixia
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 178AA, then AltX to get 𗢪.
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-178aa”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 178aa, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗢪
CSS
\178AA
HTML
Use 𗢪 as the character reference in HTML source.
JavaScript
In a JavaScript string, use \u{178AA}; the four-digit form needs two UTF-16 escapes.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗢪
HTML hex
𗢪
CSS content
content: "\178AA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%A2%AA
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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