What 𗇓 means
Unicode identifies the character; it does not give the Tangut word.
𗇓 belongs to the Tangut script, a writing system for the Tangut language. A Tangut dictionary or the surrounding sentence is needed to identify the word it writes.
Tangut writing emerged around 1036 as a distinct script associated with the Western Xia state (Xixia) and its language. It later carried Buddhist scriptures, translations of Chinese literature, and secular works in manuscripts and woodblock-printed books.
Why does 𗇓 look Chinese?
Chinese influence explains the structure, not this character's reading.
Tangut characters combine separate components into square forms. The script was influenced by Chinese, but its characters are not obviously direct borrowings from Chinese or Khitan. Jurchen is a separate script; many of its characters derive from Chinese or Khitan writing, another script used in the region.
A historical Tangut-script character for discussing Tangut texts.
Its square form does not make it a Chinese word.
Who writes 𗇓
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗇓 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𗇓
- Also called
- Tangut L2008-3837
- Search it as
- 𗇓 · L2008-3837 · Tangut · Xixia · Tangut character · Xixia script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗇓\171D3Codes and encoding1 code points
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