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𗫵

tangut ideograph-17af5

Tangut ideograph 17AF5

𗫵 is a character in the Tangut script, also known as Xixia script; its exact meaning is not reliably known as of 2026. The script was created around 1036 to write the Tangut language, later appeared in official, private, and religious texts, and fell out of use by the end of the Ming dynasty.

Text symbol

What 𗫵 means

𗫵 is the tangut ideograph-17af5. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Tangut block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𗫵 is a single code point, U17AF5. In HTML that is 𗫵, and in CSS \17AF5.

Who writes 𗫵

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Questions people ask

Why does 𗫵 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 𗫵

Search it as: 𗫵 · 𗫵 meaning · Tangut character · Xixia script · Tangut 17AF5
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 17AF5, then AltX to get 𗫵.

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-17af5”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17af5, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𗫵

CSS

\17AF5

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𗫵

HTML hex

𗫵

CSS content

content: "\17AF5";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%97%AB%B5

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

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