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𗷯

tangut ideograph-17def

Tangut character 17DEF

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𗷯 is a Tangut character from Western Xia; Unicode labels its code point, not its meaning. In 1036, the emperor ordered the Tangut script for government and Buddhist texts; later books translated Chinese works. It drew on Chinese writing while remaining separate, as neighboring Khitan people had earlier made scripts; as of 2025, Buddhist pillars dated 1502 were the latest known Tangut texts, centuries after the Western Xia fell.

Text symbol

What 𗷯 means

𗷯 is the tangut ideograph-17def. 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

𗷯 is a single code point, U17DEF. In HTML that is 𗷯, and in CSS \17DEF.

Who writes 𗷯

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗷯 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 or find 𗷯

Search it as
tangut script · xixia script · western xia
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17DEF, then AltX to get 𗷯.
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-17def”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17def, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗷯
CSS
\17DEF
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗷯
HTML hex
𗷯
CSS content
content: "\17DEF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B7%AF
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.

Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols