What 𗵨 means
It means “dawn,” the first light of day.
Western Xia, a state in present-day northwestern China, used Tangut for official records, Buddhist texts, and law codes. The script took shape in the 11th century.
That dates the script, not this character’s first appearance.
What does 𗵨 mean when someone sends it?
It names “dawn”; the sender’s reason needs context.
Specialist and opaque without a Tangut gloss or surrounding text.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗵨 show as a box?
It is a font issue: your active font lacks this Tangut glyph, so the app displays a missing-glyph box. The character remains 𗵨.
How to type 𗵨
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 17D68, then Alt+X to get 𗵨.
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-17d68”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 17d68, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗵨CSS
\17D68Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗵨
HTML hex
𗵨
CSS content
content: "\17D68";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B5%A8
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.