What 𗫶 means
It gave Western Xia a written language of its own.
Created around 1036 for the Western Xia state and Buddhist scripture, the script later carried translations and other books.
Chinese writing influenced Tangut's visual principles, and its makers also took the neighboring Khitan script as a model. Tangut was its own script, not a set of Chinese or Khitan characters copied wholesale.
Who writes 𗫶
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Related characters
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Tangut Component-142
𘢍 is a Tangut component—a building block in a written character—listed first in the structural breakdown of 𗫶. This describes its form, not the translation of the whole character.
Tangut Component-148
𘢓 is a Tangut component—a building block in a written character—listed second in the structural breakdown of 𗫶. This describes its form, not the translation of the whole character.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗫶 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 𗫶
- Search it as
- 𗫶 · 17af6 · U+17AF6 · Tangut character meaning · Tangut script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗫶CSS
\17AF6Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗫶
HTML hex
𗫶
CSS content
content: "\17AF6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%AB%B6
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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.