What 𗉿 means
It means “saliva.”
A Tangut wordbook glosses it as “saliva”; the Unicode label identifies the encoded character, not its translation.
Created in 1036 for the Western Xia state and cultural work, the Tangut script was also used for Buddhist translations. Its forms drew on Chinese writing and the Khitan script, another medieval East Asian system, but remained distinct. A surviving manuscript probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century; use continued into the 16th century, including an inscription from 1502.
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Who writes 𗉿
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗉿 show as a box?
Your font probably lacks Tangut coverage. Switch to a font that supports Tangut characters.
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How to type or find 𗉿
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- Tangut saliva · spit · Xixia · tangut writing · western xia script · tangut ideograph
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𗉿\1727FWhy is 𗉿 a box on my screen?
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Codes and encoding1 code points
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