What 𗃆 means
In Tangut, 𗃆 means “to decorate.”
Tangut script was developed for Western Xia, a kingdom in northwestern China, around 1036. It served government, schools, diplomacy and Buddhist texts, and remained in use for centuries after the kingdom fell. Its three components are parts of its written form. Chinese writing influenced Tangut, but it is a separate script.
Historical Tangut vocabulary; “to decorate” is a dictionary gloss.
Is 𗃆 a Chinese character? No; it belongs to Tangut, a separate script.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗃆 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𗃆
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- 170c6 · tangut · xixia script · to decorate · decorate · tangut character
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗃆\170C6Codes and encoding1 code points
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