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𗻺

tangut ideograph-17efa

Tangut Character

𗻺 is a character in the Tangut script, created for the Western Xia state. Its Unicode name is a code-point label, not an English translation; Tangut writing outlived the state.

Text symbol
Also called
Xixia character · Tangut glyph
Search it as
𗻺 · Tangut · Xixia · Western Xia script
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𗻺 means

𗻺 is a Tangut character, not a Chinese word. Its Unicode name identifies a code point, not a translation. A font without Tangut support may show a blank box.

The Tangut script began taking shape around 1036, when Western Xia ruler Li Yuanhao ordered it for government, Buddhist texts, and a distinct state identity. Its designers followed the Khitan script tradition and drew on Chinese visual forms; Tangut remained a separate writing system.

After Western Xia fell, Tangut remained in official, private, and religious writing through the Yuan and Ming periods before becoming obsolete.

Historical writing; read it in Tangut context.

A Chinese-like shape is not a Chinese word.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𗻺 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 𗻺

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 17EFA, then Alt+X to get 𗻺.
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-17efa”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 17efa, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𗻺
CSS
\17EFA
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗻺
HTML hex
𗻺
CSS content
content: "\17EFA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%BB%BA
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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