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𗭺

tangut ideograph-17b7a

Tangut character 17B7A

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𗭺 means “compare” in Tangut, the language of the Western Xia state. It is historical vocabulary, so a message using it is best read as a Tangut reference; the glyph alone does not tell you the sender’s tone.

Text symbol

What 𗭺 means

Its dictionary gloss is “to compare.” The Tangut script was created around 1036 for the Western Xia state’s official and cultural life. The rhyme dictionary Wenhai (“Sea of Characters”), dated to the 12th century, lists 𗭺 at reference 88.261.

Historical and scholarly in tone.

Who writes 𗭺

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Questions people ask

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Is 𗭺 Chinese or an emoji?

Neither. It is a text character in the Tangut script, used to write the Tangut language; resemblance to Chinese characters does not make it Chinese.

How to type or find 𗭺

Search it as
𗭺 meaning · Tangut compare · Xixia character · Wenhai 88.261
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17B7A, then AltX to get 𗭺.
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-17b7a”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17b7a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗭺
CSS
\17B7A
Dictionary lookup
Use a Tangut lookup and search Wenhai reference 88.261 to find the character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗭺
HTML hex
𗭺
CSS content
content: "\17B7A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%AD%BA
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

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