What 𗇢 means
It means “arduous,” “hard,” or “difficult” in Tangut.
Scholars reconstruct its reading as approximately “ka”; the scholarly notation is *ka². A 12th-century pronunciation reference called Tóngyīn (“Homophones”) records the character.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 under Western Xia rule for Buddhist and state texts in Tangut.
Who writes 𗇢
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗇢 appear as a box?
A box means the font or app lacks Tangut glyph support. It is a display failure, not another reading of the character.
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How to type or find 𗇢
- Search it as
- arduous · hard · difficult · Tangut · Xixia · ka
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗇢CSS
\171E2Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗇢
HTML hex
𗇢
CSS content
content: "\171E2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%87%A2
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.