What 𗶶 means
It means binding, tightening, or drawing something taut.
A Tangut–Chinese dictionary lists 𗶶 as L4496, glossed in Chinese as 繃 (“bind” or “draw tight”). The script was created around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor to write the Tangut language. It outlasted Western Xia in official, private, and Buddhist texts through the Yuan and Ming periods; it became obsolete by the Ming’s end and was rediscovered in the late 19th century.
Who writes 𗶶
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗶶 show as a box?
It usually means the font in use lacks a Tangut glyph for this character. A font that includes Tangut characters can display it.
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How to type or find 𗶶
- Search it as
- Tangut L4496 · Tangut script · Xixia · Tangut dictionary · śjɨ · 繃 · beng
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗶶CSS
\17DB6Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗶶
HTML hex
𗶶
CSS content
content: "\17DB6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B6%B6
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.