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𗨄

tangut ideograph-17a04

Tangut character

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𗨄 is a Tangut character; its Unicode label identifies it but does not translate it. The Tangut (Xixia) script served Western Xia administration and Buddhist texts.

Text symbol

What 𗨄 means

It emerged under Western Xia around 1036.

The script drew influence from Chinese and Khitan writing without deriving directly from either. Tangut texts covered official, legal, religious, and literary life into the Yuan and Ming periods.

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Who writes 𗨄

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗨄 look like a square?

Your font may lack Tangut coverage. The character can be present correctly even when a missing-glyph box appears; choose a font that includes Tangut.

How to type or find 𗨄

Also called
Xixia character
Search it as
Xixia script · Tangut character meaning · Tangut font · Yinchuan Tangut variant
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17A04, then AltX to get 𗨄.
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-17a04”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17a04, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗨄
CSS
\17A04
Unicode input
In an input method that accepts code points, enter U17A04. To see its strokes, use a font with Tangut coverage.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗨄
HTML hex
𗨄
CSS content
content: "\17A04";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%A8%84
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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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