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𗶹

tangut ideograph-17db9

Tangut character 𗶹

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𗶹 is a Tangut verb meaning “go” or movement toward a destination. The Tangut script, also called Xixia writing, was commissioned for the Western Xia state around 1036 and later carried official, religious, and secular texts. In a modern message, the supported reading is Tangut text or a font test; any other intent needs context.

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What 𗶹 means

A Tangut verb for “go” or movement toward a destination. It marks motion toward somewhere away from the speaker’s viewpoint, closer to “go there” than “come here.”

The script was commissioned around 1036 under the first Western Xia emperor for state-building. Scholars also connect its creation with plans for a Tangut Buddhist canon, a collection of Buddhist scriptures. It later carried official, religious, and secular texts under the Yuan and Ming dynasties before falling out of use. The verb’s motion meaning stays the same in the grammatical account; the script’s setting changed from living writing to an object of historical study.

What does 𗶹 mean in a message?

Usually Tangut text or a font test. If the message is about Tangut language, history, or fonts, read it in that context. Without such a clue, the glyph alone does not establish a conversational meaning.

Historical and scholarly; outside Tangut context, its meaning needs explanation.

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Who writes 𗶹

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What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings

A verb for movement toward a destination away from the speaker.

Combination ideas

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Move toward an endpoint away from the speaker’s viewpoint.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𗶹 show as a box?

It is a font issue: a browser or application without Tangut font coverage can show a fallback box. The character remains 𗶹; a Tangut font is needed for its shape to appear.

How to type or find 𗶹

Search it as
Tangut go · 𗶹 meaning · Tangut verb · Xixia script · Tangut character
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17DB9, then AltX to get 𗶹.
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-17db9”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17db9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗶹
CSS
\17DB9
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗶹
HTML hex
𗶹
CSS content
content: "\17DB9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B6%B9
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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.

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