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𗢺

tangut ideograph-178ba

Tangut Ideograph-178BA

𗢺 is a Tangut character; in 2025, a Tangut pronunciation database recorded the scholarly spelling in Latin letters for its reconstructed reading as <i>rjir²</i>, but that reading alone does not identify the exact word or meaning. Tangut writing was created in 1036 for Western Xia state-building and Buddhist translation; it drew inspiration from Chinese writing without being directly borrowed. Tangut writing also appears in Buddhist inscriptions at Juyong Pass dating to 1342–1345.

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𗢺 meaning · 𗢺 pronunciation · Tangut 178BA · rjir · Xixia script
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𗢺 means

𗢺 is the tangut ideograph-178ba. 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

𗢺 is a single code point, U+178BA. In HTML that is 𗢺, and in CSS \178BA.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𗢺 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 𗢺

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 178BA, then Alt+X to get 𗢺.
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-178ba”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 178ba, then Enter or Space.
HTML
&#x178BA;
CSS
\178BA
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
&#96442;
HTML hex
&#x178BA;
CSS content
content: "\178BA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%A2%BA
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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