What 𗃸 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses 𗃸 as “to leave.”
The dictionary gives its reconstructed reading as *xiə¹; the asterisk marks a scholarly reconstruction.
Why does 𗃸 look Chinese if it is Tangut?
Its square shape belongs to a separate script.
Tangut writing spread in 1036 and served Western Xia in Buddhist translations, laws and official records; its creator and a proposed Khitan link remain disputed.
The earliest transmitted Tangut document cited in scholarship dates to 1072. Writing continued after Western Xia fell in 1227; a surviving inscription dates to 1502.
If 𗃸 appears as a box, the font lacks Tangut coverage.
Historical Tangut vocabulary.
Its square shape does not make it Chinese.
Who writes 𗃸
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗃸 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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