What 𗂸 means
It means “minister” or “official” in Tangut.
Created around 1036, Tangut writing served government correspondence and Buddhist scripture. Chinese writing inspired its forms, but Tangut was not directly derived from Chinese; the earlier Khitan state also had a separate script. Surviving manuscripts date from the mid-11th to early 13th centuries. Writing continued after Western Xia fell; a known inscription dates to 1502.
A historical Tangut character.
Tangut is a distinct script; Chinese influence does not make this a Chinese character.
Who writes 𗂸
Loading…
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 𗂸 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.
More like this
8
How to type or find 𗂸
- Search it as
- minister · official · Tangut · Xixia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗂸\170B8Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.