What 𗷺 means
It names a time before the present. A Tangut sound-and-rhyme dictionary called Sea of Writing records it as “former times.”
Tangut writing emerged in the Western Xia state around 1036–1037 to write its language and serve government. It also carried Buddhist translations, laws, books and inscriptions, and later Yuan religious printing; the latest known inscription is dated 1502.
A historical Tangut word; alone, it gives little clue to why someone sent it.
Is 𗷺 Chinese? No; it is Tangut.
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Who writes 𗷺
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗷺 show as a box?
A font or app without Tangut coverage may show a box; use a viewer with a Tangut-capable font.
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How to type or find 𗷺
- Also called
- Tangut character · Xixia character
- Search it as
- Tangut · Xixia · Tangut script · Tangut former times
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗷺CSS
\17DFACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗷺
HTML hex
𗷺
CSS content
content: "\17DFA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%B7%BA
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On screen
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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.