Tangut Character 17E51

It is a Tangut character; its text supplies its meaning.

The Unicode label identifies the encoded character; it is not an English gloss. The translation depends on the Tangut word and passage in which it appears.

The Tangut script was created in 1036 under Li Yuanhao, ruler of the Tangut-led Western Xia state, to write Tangut and support a distinct state identity; it also appeared in Buddhist texts. The earliest transmitted document cited in scholarship is an official military communication from 1072. Tangut writing continued after Western Xia fell in 1227; a 1502 inscription shows later survival. Across Western Xia and later Yuan–Ming settings, it served administration, Buddhism, translated Chinese learning and literature.

How do I type 𗹑?

Use a Unicode-aware input method with the full value U+17E51.

This character lies beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP), so a single four-digit escape cannot encode it. The required full-scalar or surrogate syntax depends on the tool.

Unicode assigns 𗹑 a character identity, while the font draws its visible form. Tangut reference works also record variant glyph forms; a different rendering alone does not establish a different encoded character.