What 𗅪 means
Use a code-based Tangut input method and select its candidate.
A code-based Tangut input method (IME) asks you to enter a lookup code, move through candidates, and confirm the character; it is not an ordinary Latin-key layout.
What does 𗅪 mean?
It is a Tangut word glossed as “to lose.”
The Tangut script was created around 1036 under the first Western Xia emperor to write Tangut, the language of the state. It served state administration and Buddhist scripture translation; Tangut writing continued in legal, private, and religious records after the state fell. The character is listed in two Tangut reference works from the 12th century: Sea of Writing and Homophones.
What does it mean when someone sends 𗅪?
A lone glyph gives too little context to read as a message.
Ask for the sentence or source. In a modern chat, it may be a quotation, study example, or input/font test; the glyph alone does not tell you which.
Historical writing; in a modern chat, it points to a quotation, study example, or input/font test.
As of 2026, a mobile app without a Tangut font may show a box; input can work while display fails, so use a Tangut-capable font.
Who writes 𗅪
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsRead it as the word “to lose”; the surrounding sentence supplies the grammar.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1How do scholars reconstruct the reading of 𗅪?
One common scholarly reconstruction writes the reading as kiwej; other reconstructions differ. It is a reconstruction, not a guarantee of exactly how Tangut sounded in everyday speech.
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How to type or find 𗅪
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- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗅪\1716ACodes and encoding1 code points
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