What 𗶮 means
It means “to jump” in Tangut.
Tangut writing was created for the Tangut language under Western Xia (Xixia) around 1036. It appeared in official, private, and religious texts. Its square characters can resemble Chinese, but Tangut is a separate script and language.
The Unicode label is generated from the code point; it is an inventory name, not the character’s translation.
Tangut writing outlasted Western Xia
After the state fell, Tangut writing continued through the Yuan and Ming periods before falling out of use.
Combination ideas
1An attested Tangut word meaning “to jump out suddenly.”
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗶮 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 𗶮
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 17DAE, then Alt+X to get 𗶮.
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-17dae”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 17dae, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗶮CSS
\17DAEDisplay
Display is font-dependent: a blank box means the current font lacks Tangut glyph coverage; the character remains 𗶮.
Input
Open Tangut's documented inputs include the character itself or a Tangut reading reconstructed by Miyake.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗶮
HTML hex
𗶮
CSS content
content: "\17DAE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B6%AE
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.