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𗷬

tangut ideograph-17dec

Tangut Ideograph-17DEC

𗷬 is a Tangut character in the script for Tangut, the language of the Western Xia kingdom in northwestern China. Around 1036, the script was created to strengthen the kingdom and translate Buddhist texts. It borrowed visual ideas from Chinese writing without deriving from it; the neighboring Khitans, who had also created scripts, set an example. Tangut texts include Buddhist works, Chinese classics in translation, and secular writing.

Text symbol

Search it as: xixia · western xia · tangut script · xixia script · tangut language · xixia language
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𗷬 means

𗷬 is the tangut ideograph-17dec. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Tangut block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𗷬 is a single code point, U+17DEC. In HTML that is 𗷬, and in CSS \17DEC.

Questions people ask

Why does 𗷬 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 𗷬

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 17DEC, then Alt+X to get 𗷬.

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-17dec”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 17dec, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𗷬

CSS

\17DEC

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𗷬

HTML hex

𗷬

CSS content

content: "\17DEC";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%97%B7%AC

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

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