What 𗄔 means
Use Unicode-aware input or the app’s escape syntax.
Enter U17114 through the app’s Unicode input method or its escape syntax. The app must support this extended-range character, and the font must include Tangut.
What does 𗄔 mean?
Its Unicode number identifies the glyph, not its meaning.
𗄔 belongs to Tangut writing, a script for the Tangut language. Its number does not reveal its pronunciation or meaning; a Tangut dictionary entry or the sentence around it is needed for a reliable reading.
Where did Tangut writing come from?
It was created for the Western Xia state in 1036.
Tangut writing took Chinese writing’s square, component-based forms as a model but was built for Tangut. The Western Xia state taught it for official records and translations of Chinese classics; surviving texts include Buddhist translations and printed books. Use continued in religious settings after Western Xia fell in 1227. Baoding stone pillars bearing Buddhist sacred formulas date to 1502.
A historical writing-system character; its number identifies it but does not provide a pronunciation.
Do not guess its reading or meaning from its shape.
Who writes 𗄔
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Questions people ask
2Why does 𗄔 appear as a square?
The font in use lacks Tangut glyphs. A font with Tangut coverage can render the character; its underlying text remains 𗄔.
Why does 𗄔 look like Chinese writing?
Tangut script borrowed Chinese-style square forms, but it was built to write Tangut, a different language.
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How to type or find 𗄔
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- Xixia · Western Xia · Tangut script · Tangut character · Xixia script · U+17114
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗄔\17114Codes and encoding1 code points
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