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𗺗

tangut ideograph-17e97

Tangut grass character

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𗺗 names a kind of grass in Tangut, the writing system of the historical Western Xia state. Its shapes can resemble Chinese, but the scripts are distinct.

Text symbol

What 𗺗 means

In Tangut, 𗺗 denotes a type of grass.

Tangut was created under Western Xia’s first emperor around 1036 for official and cultural use.

Is 𗺗 Chinese or Tangut?

It is Tangut, not a Chinese character.

Some forms resemble Chinese, but Tangut is a distinct script.

Tangut writing continued in books, inscriptions, and Buddhist texts during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

Historical writing; without context, it reads as a Tangut text sample.

A Chinese-like form does not make it Chinese writing.

Who writes 𗺗

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𗺗 show as a box?

A font issue: the available font must include Tangut characters to display it.

How to type or find 𗺗

Search it as
𗺗 meaning · 𗺗 grass · Tangut writing · Western Xia script · 𘤃 component
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17E97, then AltX to get 𗺗.
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-17e97”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17e97, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗺗
CSS
\17E97
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗺗
HTML hex
𗺗
CSS content
content: "\17E97";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%BA%97
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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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