What 𘦵 means
It helps describe and locate Tangut characters.
Modern Tangut dictionaries use components to index characters and describe their structure; 438 is a catalog label, not a reading or translation. Its appearance depends on Tangut font support.
Western Xia, a kingdom in northwestern China, introduced Tangut writing in 1036; emperor Li Yuanhao tasked official Yeli Renrong with developing it for government and Buddhist texts. The script outlasted the kingdom; a Buddhist inscription dated 1502 is its latest known example. Its square forms show Chinese influence, but Tangut is a distinct script from Chinese and Khitan.
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Who writes 𘦵
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘦵 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 𘦵
- Search it as
- tangut glyph · U+189B5 · tangut index
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘦵\189B5Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.