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𗪍

tangut ideograph-17a8d

Tangut vulture character

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𗪍 is the Tangut word for a vulture. The Tangut script was created around 1036 by order of Li Yuanhao, emperor of Western Xia, a kingdom ruled by the Tanguts, to strengthen its identity and write Buddhist scripture.

Text symbol

What 𗪍 means

It means “vulture” in Tangut.

A Tangut dictionary gives “vulture” as its meaning. “Tangut Ideograph-17A8D” is Unicode’s inventory label for the character, not a translation.

Is 𗪍 Chinese or an emoji?

It is a Tangut character, not a Chinese character or emoji.

Tangut glyphs drew on Chinese writing and the script of the neighboring Khitan people, but they record a distinct language. Surviving Tangut texts include Buddhist, Confucian, military, and medical works. A Tangut-capable font is needed to display this glyph; without one, it may appear as a missing-character box.

Who writes 𗪍

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗪍 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 𗪍

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Tangut vulture · Tangut dictionary · Xixia writing · Tangut script · 𗪍 meaning
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17A8D, then AltX to get 𗪍.
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-17a8d”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17a8d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗪍
CSS
\17A8D
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗪍
HTML hex
𗪍
CSS content
content: "\17A8D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%AA%8D
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.

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