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𗣚

tangut ideograph-178da

Tangut Character 178DA

𗣚 is a Tangut character; Tangut was the language of the medieval Xixia (Western Xia) kingdom, so it is writing, not an emoji reaction. In the 11th century, Western Xia adopted Tangut writing for records and state identity; its earliest surviving example is an official document from 1072. Later, Buddhist translations used it, and the script continued into the Ming period.

Text symbol

What 𗣚 means

No. Chinese character forms shaped Tangut writing, but Tangut was a separate language. Some scholars think the Khitan script may also have influenced its design; that link is debated. These are relationships between writing traditions, not evidence that 𗣚 has a Chinese equivalent.

Who writes 𗣚

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Questions people ask

Why does 𗣚 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 𗣚

Search it as: 𗣚 · xixia
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 178DA, then AltX to get 𗣚.

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-178da”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 178da, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𗣚

CSS

\178DA

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𗣚

HTML hex

𗣚

CSS content

content: "\178DA";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%97%A3%9A

On screen

Code points

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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

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

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