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𘎘

tangut ideograph-18398

Tangut Ideograph 18398

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𘎘 is a Tangut character indexed under the English word “bow.” Tangut writing was commissioned about 1036 for state correspondence in Western Xia and modeled on Chinese character forms, while remaining a separate script for another language. It later carried Buddhist translations and stayed in use under the Yuan and Ming after Western Xia fell; a font without Tangut support may leave you with an empty box.

Text symbol

What 𘎘 means

𘎘 is the tangut ideograph-18398. 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

𘎘 is a single code point, U18398. In HTML that is 𘎘, and in CSS \18398.

Part of collections

Who writes 𘎘

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Questions people ask

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Why do I see a box instead of 𘎘?

Your font lacks Tangut glyph support. Switch to a Tangut-capable font; the character can still be copied as text and will display wherever such a font is available.

How to type or find 𘎘

Search it as
bow · xixia
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 18398, then AltX to get 𘎘.
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-18398”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 18398, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘎘
CSS
\18398
BabelPad stroke-code input
As of 2026, BabelPad lists a Tangut stroke-code input method; load its custom file to type it. For one glyph, use the palette.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘎘
HTML hex
𘎘
CSS content
content: "\18398";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%8E%98
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.

Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols