What 𗲷 means
It is glossed “fragrant” in Tangut. Li Fanwen’s 2008 Tangut–Chinese dictionary indexes 𗲷 as L1211; its English index gives “fragrant.” The scholarly reconstructed reading is written ŋwu̱. This is a reconstruction of an old reading, not a pronunciation guide for a living speaker.
The Tangut script was created in the 11th century for the Western Xia state, also called the Tangut Empire. The state adopted Tangut for government use in 1036, and the earliest surviving official document dates to 1072. Tangut also appears in Buddhist translations and classical texts; inscriptions after the empire fell in 1227 show that its use continued in religious and commemorative settings.
Tangut was one of several scripts created for regional states, alongside Khitan and Jurchen. That is a historical connection between writing systems; those scripts are not substitutes for this character.
How do I type 𗲷?
Use a Unicode input method and a Tangut-capable font. Enter 17CB7 using your editor’s Unicode input method; if you see a box, your current font cannot display it. “Tangut Ideograph-17CB7” is an algorithmic Unicode label for the code point, not the character’s meaning.
The character points to historical Tangut text or study of the script.
The Unicode label identifies the code point; it does not translate the character.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗲷 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.
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𗲷\17CB7Codes and encoding1 code points
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