What 𗂦 means
In Tangut, 𗂦 is a verb for killing or execution.
Tangut is a separate language and script; its character shapes drew ideas from Chinese writing. The Western Xia state established Tangut script about 1036 for government and a Buddhist canon, a collection of Buddhist scriptures. The neighboring Khitan were another people of the region.
Manuscripts survive from the mid-11th century onward. Tangut served Buddhist, legal, official, and translated Chinese works under Western Xia, Yuan, and Ming rule, then fell out of use by the end of the Ming dynasty. These dates concern the script, not 𗂦’s first use. A box may mean the font lacks Tangut support.
A historical Tangut word with a stark, violent gloss.
As a joke, it can read as a threat to someone who knows its gloss.
Who writes 𗂦
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗂦 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 𗂦
- Search it as
- Tangut kill · kill · execute · Tangut · Xixia · Western Xia · Tangut script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗂦\170A6Codes and encoding1 code points
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