What 𗆎 means
Its dictionary gloss is “sheep.”
Tangut was the language of Western Xia, a historical state; its script served official, private, and Buddhist texts.
A Buddhist text carved in stone in 1502 shows use after Western Xia fell; the script became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Is 𗆎 Tangut or Chinese?
It is Tangut, not a Chinese character.
Tangut characters can resemble Chinese ones, but they belong to a distinct script; that resemblance does not give 𗆎 a Chinese reading.
A historical word gloss; the surrounding text matters for interpretation.
For an inscription, do not treat “sheep” as the whole translation.
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Who writes 𗆎
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗆎 look different on different devices?
Fonts determine its shape; one without Tangut coverage may show a missing-glyph box.
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How to type or find 𗆎
- Search it as
- xixia · sheep · tangut character · tangut script · western xia writing
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗆎\1718EWhy is 𗆎 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.