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𗺨

tangut ideograph-17ea8

Tangut character 𗺨

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𗺨 is a Tangut character with the reconstructed gloss “to fade.” Tangut writing served administration and Buddhist translation in the Western Xia state, and books and legal texts preserve the wider record. A font without Tangut coverage may show it as a blank box.

Text symbol

What 𗺨 means

Its reconstructed Tangut gloss is “to fade.”

Scholars write its inferred reading as nẹ in scholarly Latin transcription; this is a reconstruction of Tangut, not an English word.

Tangut writing served administration and Buddhist translation in the Western Xia state. Books and legal texts also preserve the wider Tangut record.

How do I type 𗺨?

Use a Unicode-aware character lookup or input method.

A Unicode table can enter one character; for repeated Tangut text, a specialist dictionary or input tool is more practical.

Historical and specialist: its meaning comes from a Tangut word, so it belongs in a Tangut-language context.

Who writes 𗺨

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Questions people ask

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Is 𗺨 a Chinese character?

No. 𗺨 is Tangut. Tangut writing was influenced by Chinese characters, but it records the Tangut language.

How to type or find 𗺨

Search it as
𗺨 meaning · Tangut nẹ · Xixia character · Western Xia writing
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 17EA8, then AltX to get 𗺨.
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-17ea8”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 17ea8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗺨
CSS
\17EA8
How to type 𗺨
Use a Unicode character lookup for U17EA8 or a Tangut input tool. A font without Tangut coverage may show a missing-glyph box.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗺨
HTML hex
𗺨
CSS content
content: "\17EA8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%BA%A8
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.

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