What 𗲎 means
It is glossed as “mill” in a Tangut dictionary.
Unicode links this glyph to entry 0973 in Li Fanwen’s Tangut dictionary; its English index lists “mill,” a machine for grinding grain.
The Tangut script was devised in 1036 to write Tangut, the language of Western Xia. It served administration, schools, and Buddhist translation. The state fell in 1227; as of 2026, the latest dated Tangut texts known are Buddhist pillars from 1502.
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Who writes 𗲎
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗲎 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 𗲎
- Search it as
- Tangut 17C8E · U+17C8E · Tangut 0973 · Tangut mill · Xixia mill
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗲎CSS
\17C8EHow to type Tangut 17C8E
Use a Tangut input method. Specialist options include stroke codes, based on stroke patterns, and phonetic codes based on reconstructed Tangut readings; keystrokes depend on the method.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗲎
HTML hex
𗲎
CSS content
content: "\17C8E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B2%8E
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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.