What 𗪘 means
It marks an earlier time or order.
In a noun phrase, it can mean “former.” The Tangut script was commissioned in 1036 for Western Xia state-building, with Buddhist translation among its main purposes.
Was 𗪘 the Tangut character for nine?
No; it is a decipherment error.
In 1896, a decipherment wrongly assigned “nine” to 𗪘; the Tangut numeral is 𗢭.
Its glyph comes from the installed Tangut font, so it can vary across devices.
Who writes 𗪘
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗪘 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.
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How to type or find 𗪘
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · tangut 17a98 · before · previously · former · first · nine
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗪘CSS
\17A98Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗪘
HTML hex
𗪘
CSS content
content: "\17A98";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%AA%98
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.