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𗲱

tangut ideograph-17cb1

Tangut character 17CB1

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𗲱 is a Tangut character; its Unicode name labels a code point, not the word it represents. The Xixia script served Western Xia administration and culture, including Buddhist translations.

Text symbol

What 𗲱 means

A Tangut dictionary entry or surrounding text gives the reading.

Tangut writing arose under Western Xia rule around 1036 for official and cultural work, including Buddhist texts; it continued through the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

Unicode may treat manuscript glyph variants as one character or encode them separately, so a font’s form may not match every historical shape.

Historical Tangut character; its reading depends on Tangut text.

Do not infer its reading from a Chinese-like shape.

Who writes 𗲱

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗲱 look Chinese?

Tangut writing adopted Chinese character structure but became a distinct script; resemblance alone cannot translate this character.

How to type or find 𗲱

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Tangut character · Xixia script · Tangut glyph
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17CB1, then AltX to get 𗲱.
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-17cb1”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17cb1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗲱
CSS
\17CB1
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗲱
HTML hex
𗲱
CSS content
content: "\17CB1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B2%B1
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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.

Families this belongs to

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