What 𗽗 means
It is glossed as “to cover.”
The Tangut script was created around 1036 under Li Yuanhao, the first emperor of Western Xia (Xixia), to write the Tangut language.
It served government and culture, then continued in Buddhist, legal, and administrative texts after Western Xia fell.
Historical and archival in tone.
A dictionary gloss gives the character’s sense, not the sender’s reason; ask for context.
Who writes 𗽗
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗽗 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.
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How to type or find 𗽗
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · tangut character cover
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗽗CSS
\17F57Font display
This needs a Tangut-capable font. If it renders incorrectly, check for conflicting Tangut font mappings.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗽗
HTML hex
𗽗
CSS content
content: "\17F57";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%BD%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.