What 𗋔 means
It is glossed “sweet.”
Tangut writing was disseminated in 1036 for the language of the Western Xia kingdom and used in official, literary, and Buddhist texts. The Sea of Characters, a Tangut dictionary from the 12th century, records 𗋔 at entry 18.153.
A historical, specialist character with a dictionary gloss of “sweet”.
Who writes 𗋔
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗋔 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𗋔
- Search it as
- Tangut sweet · Tangut character · Tangut script · Western Xia writing · Sea of Characters
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗋔CSS
\172D4Tangut input
Use a Tangut character lookup or an input method with Tangut support.
Font support
A font without Tangut coverage may show a missing-glyph box. The character is still in the text; only its display is missing.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗋔
HTML hex
𗋔
CSS content
content: "\172D4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%8B%94
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.