What 𗄟 means
It is a Tangut character, glossed tentatively as “official.”
Tangut was the language of the Western Xia kingdom, and this script was used to write it. One scholarly analysis offers “official” as the gloss for 𗄟, but the dictionary record leaves its English meaning open.
The script developed around 1036 under the first Western Xia emperor for state and cultural writing. A 12th-century Tangut work about homophones also records 𗄟, placing it in the historical text tradition.
Why does 𗄟 resemble Chinese writing?
It is a Tangut character, not a Chinese character.
Tangut is a separate historical script used for the Tangut language. Its square forms can resemble Chinese writing, but they encode a different language.
Historical and specialist: this character belongs in Tangut-language or historical-script material.
Treat “official” as one scholarly gloss, not a settled translation.
Who writes 𗄟
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Questions people ask
1Does 𗄟 look the same in every font?
No. Font coverage varies by app: Tangut-capable fonts can draw its strokes differently, and an app without Tangut coverage may show a box or fallback glyph even though the text still contains 𗄟.
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How to type or find 𗄟
- Search it as
- Tangut character · Tangut script · Tangut language · Xixia character · Xi Xia script · 𗄟 official
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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