What 𗋊 means
Use hexadecimal Unicode input with 172CA.
Enter 172CA in an editor or input method that accepts hexadecimal Unicode, then confirm; the confirming key depends on the editor. The glyph’s shape does not identify a standard keyboard layout.
If it appears as a blank box, the current font or app may lack Tangut coverage; the stored character remains 𗋊. Fonts vary in coverage, so another font that supports Tangut may display it.
What does 𗋊 mean?
It is glossed as “canal.”
Li Fanwen’s Tangut dictionary gives that gloss for 𗋊. Tangut characters take structural cues from Chinese writing but form a separate script; their parts do not provide a Chinese translation.
The Tangut script was devised by imperial command for the Western Xia (Xixia) state’s official and cultural work. Its use is documented from 1036 through 1502. Buddhist books and printed texts continued in Tangut after 1227, when the state fell.
Specialist and archival: it fits Tangut-language study, manuscript work, historical texts, and font testing.
Do not read its Chinese-style structure as Chinese text.
Who writes 𗋊
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Questions people ask
1Can Chinese readers read 𗋊?
No. Tangut is a separate writing system; knowing Chinese does not let someone infer this character’s Tangut meaning.
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How to type or find 𗋊
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- 𗋊 meaning · Tangut canal · Tangut script · Xixia script · Western Xia writing
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗋊\172CACodes and encoding1 code points
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