What 𗵊 means
To write Tangut and mark Western Xia state identity.
Ruler Li Yuanhao ordered it in 1036. Its design drew on Chinese character methods, but it wrote Tangut, the language of Western Xia, a kingdom in northwestern China. Officials used it for records and Buddhist texts. Writing continued after the kingdom fell in 1227, including on a stone monument dated 1502.
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Who writes 𗵊
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsOx or cattle
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗵊 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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How to type or find 𗵊
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- ox · cattle · oxen · zodiac · branch
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗵊CSS
\17D4ACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗵊
HTML hex
𗵊
CSS content
content: "\17D4A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B5%8A
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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.