What 𗉑 means
Use Unicode hex input; enter 17251 when the app asks for a code point.
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What does 𗉑 mean?
It means “black” in Tangut.
Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary glosses 𗉑 as “black.” The exact form is cited in the 12th-century Wénhǎi (“Sea of Writing”), a Tangut dictionary arranged around sound and rhyme. During the Western Xia (Xixia) state, 1038–1227, Tangut writing served official and literary life; surviving Tangut books include translations from Chinese and Tibetan.
Historical and specialist; without Tangut context, a bare chat message gives little clue to its meaning.
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Questions people ask
1Is 𗉑 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to Tangut writing and represents a word in Tangut; Chinese is a separate language and script.
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How to type or find 𗉑
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- Tangut black · black in Tangut · Xixia · Wenhai · Tangut radical
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗉑\17251Codes and encoding1 code points
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