What 𗩣 means
It means “the beginning of.” Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary gives that English rendering.
Is 𗩣 Chinese or Tangut? It is Tangut: the symbol belongs to the writing system of a different language.
Western Xia’s founder Li Yuanhao ordered the script as a state project. Tangut became the government-designated language in 1036; the script served official and Buddhist texts. An inscription dated 1502 shows it outlasted Western Xia.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗩣 show as a box?
The font rendering the page likely lacks Tangut glyphs; choose an installed font with Tangut coverage.
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How to type or find 𗩣
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- beginning of · beginning · Tangut · Western Xia · Xixia
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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\17A63Unicode code-point input
In software with Unicode code-point input, enter
17A63; in HTML, use 𗩣.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗩣
HTML hex
𗩣
CSS content
content: "\17A63";
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URL encoded
%F0%97%A9%A3
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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.