What 𗨼 means
Its Unicode label identifies the character; it does not translate it.
“Tangut ideograph-17A3C” is an algorithmic Unicode name: it identifies the code point but does not translate the character. To translate 𗨼, look it up in a Tangut dictionary or read it in its original passage.
The Tangut script was devised around 1036 for the Western Xia state. It served government and Buddhist and other texts. The earliest Tangut document preserved in the record is an official text dated 1072; a 1502 inscription shows the script remained in use after the state ended. Its design has connections with Chinese writing and may have been influenced by the Khitan script, another historical writing system. These script-level connections do not by themselves translate 𗨼.
Historical writing; this character needs its Tangut word or passage for a translation.
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Who writes 𗨼
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗨼 show as a box?
A font without Tangut coverage may show a box or replacement mark in place of the character. The text is still 𗨼; a font that supports Tangut can display its form.
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How to type or find 𗨼
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- 𗨼 meaning · tangut script · western xia · xixia script · tangut writing
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗨼\17A3CWhy is 𗨼 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.