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𗲽

tangut ideograph-17cbd

Tangut character

𗲽 is a Tangut character used to write Tangut, the language of Western Xia, a medieval state in northwestern China. In 1036, Western Xia established its script for Buddhist translations and state identity. It took cues from Chinese writing but remained separate; Khitan rulers had created scripts a century earlier. It lasted into the Yuan and Ming after Western Xia fell, becoming obsolete by the end of Ming.

Text symbol

What 𗲽 means

𗲽 is the tangut ideograph-17cbd. 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

𗲽 is a single code point, U17CBD. In HTML that is 𗲽, and in CSS \17CBD.

Who writes 𗲽

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Questions people ask

Why does 𗲽 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 𗲽

Search it as: tangut · xixia
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 17CBD, then AltX to get 𗲽.

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-17cbd”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17cbd, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𗲽

CSS

\17CBD

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𗲽

HTML hex

𗲽

CSS content

content: "\17CBD";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%97%B2%BD

On screen

Code points

JS .length

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

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

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