What 𗆺 means
𗆺 is a Tangut character. Tangut was a writing system for the now-extinct language of the same name, spoken in northwestern China. The script is distinct from Chinese, even though some Tangut forms resemble Chinese ideographs.
Unicode’s code-style name identifies the character; it is not a Tangut word or pronunciation. The 12th-century Sea of Writing, a Tangut dictionary, lists 𗆺 at 61.122; Unicode maps it to entry L2008-2965 in Li Fanwen’s dictionary.
Tangut writing outlasted the Western Xia dynasty.
Tangut was created under the first Western Xia emperor around 1036 for official and cultural needs. It appears in official, private, and religious texts. After Western Xia fell, the script continued under Yuan and Ming rule before becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming.
Treat it as historical-script or specialist text, not casual shorthand.
Do not mistake its code-style name for a Tangut reading or translation.
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Who writes 𗆺
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗆺 show as a box?
As of 2026, an app without a Tangut-capable font may show 𗆺 as a missing-glyph box. A web font loaded by a browser page will not provide it to other apps; each affected app needs Tangut font coverage.
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How to type or find 𗆺
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- Tangut character · Tangut script · Tangut font · Xunpin Rime
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗆺\171BACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.