What 𗉚 means
Its recorded readings are scholarly reconstructions, not translations. Tangut reference works list forms such as *thju¹ and *¹thu₄; these Latin-letter transcriptions represent reconstructed historical readings, not English words.
The character is recorded in the 12th-century Tangut reference works Wénhǎi (“Sea of Characters”) and Tóngyīn (“Homophones”). Around 1036, the Western Xia court established the Tangut script to write Tangut. Its texts served official, private, and religious writing; in modern scholarship, surviving works help researchers study the language and its history.
Can I use 𗉚 like an emoji?
No; it is a Tangut text character, not an emoji. If someone sends it in a message, read it as a reference to Tangut writing or historical typography. Add a plain-language gloss for people unfamiliar with the script.
Its visual resemblance to Chinese characters can mislead: Tangut and Chinese are separate scripts, so a Chinese reading does not transfer.
Historical and specialist; a plain-language gloss helps readers who do not know Tangut.
A Chinese-like shape does not make it Chinese.
Who writes 𗉚
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2Is Tangut Chinese?
No. Tangut and Chinese are separate scripts. Their visual styles can look similar, but their characters cannot be substituted or read as one another.
Why does 𗉚 show as a box?
The selected font may not include Tangut glyphs, so the system displays a box or fallback character. That is a font-coverage problem.
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How to type or find 𗉚
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- 𗉚 · Tangut 1725A · Xixia script · thju · L1424
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗉚\1725ACodes and encoding1 code points
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