What 𗬙 means
It is Tangut; its Unicode label does not translate it. “Tangut Ideograph-17B19” comes from Unicode’s assigned number, not the character’s reading or word. Western Xia, a state in northwest China, created the script to write the Tangut language. It remained in use after the state fell and became obsolete by the Ming dynasty’s end. Rediscovered in the late 19th century, it was largely deciphered.
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Who writes 𗬙
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗬙 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𗬙
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · tangut script · western xia · tangut character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗬙CSS
\17B19Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗬙
HTML hex
𗬙
CSS content
content: "\17B19";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%AC%99
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On screen
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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.