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𗮐

tangut ideograph-17b90

Tangut character 17B90

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𗮐 is a Tangut (Xixia) character; its Unicode name identifies it, not its meaning. The script served Western Xia law and Buddhist texts. Historical sources also record a separate written form, 𗮑.

Text symbol

What 𗮐 means

It is a Tangut sign; its Unicode label is not a translation.

Characters in the historic Tangut script can represent words or meaningful parts of words.

When was Tangut writing created?

It was created for Western Xia around 1036.

Western Xia was a kingdom in northwest China. Tangut writing drew on Chinese and Khitan models, but recorded Tangut. It served laws and Buddhist texts and continued after the state fell; the latest known inscription is dated 1502.

Is 𗮑 another form of 𗮐?

Yes. Unicode records 𗮑 as a glyph variant of 𗮐.

Who writes 𗮐

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗮐 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 𗮐

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Tangut script · Xixia writing · Tangut character
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17B90, then AltX to get 𗮐.
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-17b90”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17b90, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗮐
CSS
\17B90
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗮐
HTML hex
𗮐
CSS content
content: "\17B90";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%AE%90
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.

Families this belongs to

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