Tangut character 𗃋

Its Tangut dictionary glosses are “to hug” and “to hold up.”

Tangut was the language of Western Xia, a Tangut-led state in northwestern China. Its separate script was created to write Tangut, not Chinese. The gloss is a word meaning recorded in a dictionary, not a picture of arms.

The 12th-century Tóngyīn (“Homophones”), a Tangut dictionary, records these glosses. Western Xia introduced the Tangut script in 1036 for government and Buddhist writing. After the state fell in 1227, Tangut texts continued into the mid-Ming period. That history places the word in its historical setting; it does not establish a new chat meaning.

Is 𗃋 Chinese?

No. It is a Tangut character in a separate script.

Tangut writing was shaped partly by Chinese writing, so a Chinese-literate reader may recognize its square style without being able to read the character. The Sea of Characters, a Tangut rhyming dictionary, analyzes characters through components and source forms as part of Tangut’s own writing tradition.

The resemblance is about the script’s visual model; it does not make this glyph Chinese or reveal its pronunciation or meaning.

Someone sent me 𗃋—what does it mean?

Treat it as a historical Tangut character, not a clear message of affection.

Without surrounding Tangut text, the dictionary gloss “to hug” or “to hold up” is the supported reading. A dictionary meaning by itself cannot tell you the sender’s purpose; ask for context if their intended message matters.

The script belongs to a historical language, so this glyph may be a reference or a text sample. Its presence alone does not say that the sender wants a hug.