Tangut character

𗻆 is a Tangut character, not an emoji; Unicode's name is an ID. Western Xia created Tangut writing in 1036 for administration and Buddhist translation. Neighboring Khitan scripts came about a century earlier; Tangut drew on Chinese writing. Tangut books preserve Buddhist texts and Chinese works translated into Tangut; the script lasted into the Ming dynasty, and a Tangut-capable font, dictionary, and sentence context help you read the glyph.

Text symbol

What 𗻆 means

𗻆 is the tangut ideograph-17ec6. 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

𗻆 is a single code point, U17EC6. In HTML that is 𗻆, and in CSS \17EC6.

Part of collections

𗀀

Tangut Characters List

𗼇

Tangut Script

Who writes 𗻆

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Questions people ask

Why does 𗻆 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.