Tangut character 17EFF

Use a Unicode code-point escape in software that accepts one. Enter U+17EFF or \U00017EFF. Unicode generates this character’s label from its code point; that label identifies the character, not its Tangut word. A Tangut-capable font is needed to display it.

What does 𗻿 mean?

Its reconstructed reading is not an English translation. Specialist records write that reading as sjwɨ¹ in scholarly notation; it is not an everyday pronunciation guide. Use the character’s Tangut context or a specialist dictionary to find its specific sense.

Tangut writing was created in Western Xia around 1036 for state-building, a distinct imperial identity, and a Tangut Buddhist canon, a collection of scriptures. Texts from Khara-khoto, dated to the 12th or early 13th century, include Buddhist and secular works, Chinese and Tibetan translations, law codes, official texts, Confucian classics, military writing, and literature. After the Western Xia dynasty, Tangut use continued for centuries before becoming obsolete. Its forms drew on Chinese and Khitan traditions, but Tangut remained a distinct script. This is the script’s history, not the specific word represented by 𗻿.