What 𗉐 means
It is a Tangut character, but its glyph alone does not give its word meaning.
The Tangut script, also called Xixia, was created under the first Western Xia emperor about 1036 to write the Tangut language. It remained in use after Western Xia fell and became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. That history marks a change in the script's role, from active writing to historical study; it does not show that this character's meaning changed.
Is 𗉐 Chinese?
No. It belongs to Tangut, a separate script.
Tangut characters can resemble Chinese characters, but the scripts are unrelated. The shape gives no Chinese reading for 𗉐; read it in Tangut, using a dictionary or the surrounding text.
A historical Tangut character encountered in scholarship, text preservation, and type design.
Do not infer a Chinese reading from its Chinese-like shape.
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Who writes 𗉐
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗉐 appear as a box?
A font without Tangut coverage may show a box or fallback glyph. A Tangut-capable font is needed to display the character.
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How to type or find 𗉐
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · western xia · tangut script · tangut character · tangut font · tangut keyboard · tangut input
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗉐\17250Codes and encoding1 code points
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