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𗲯

tangut ideograph-17caf

Tangut character 17CAF

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𗲯 is a Tangut character; “Tangut Ideograph-17CAF” is its code label, not a translation. Western Xia’s language, Tangut, used a script introduced around 1036 under ruler Li Yuanhao; it drew on Chinese writing, after nearby Khitan peoples had created scripts a century earlier. Translating Buddhist scriptures was one proposed aim; a distinct identity from Song China may have mattered more. A Buddhist inscription dated 1502 shows the script survived.

Text symbol

What 𗲯 means

𗲯 is the tangut ideograph-17caf. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Tangut block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𗲯 is a single code point, U17CAF. In HTML that is 𗲯, and in CSS \17CAF.

Who writes 𗲯

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗲯 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 𗲯

Search it as
17caf · 𗲯 · xixia · western xia · tangut script
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17CAF, then AltX to get 𗲯.
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-17caf”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17caf, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗲯
CSS
\17CAF
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗲯
HTML hex
𗲯
CSS content
content: "\17CAF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B2%AF
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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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols