What 𗋨 means
Its Unicode label is an identifier, not a Tangut translation.
The spellings ljir² and lir₃ are reconstructed Tangut readings, not English definitions.
Where does 𗋨 come from?
It belongs to Tangut, the script of Western Xia.
Created around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor for the Tangut language, it served government, religion, and private life. 𗋨 is Tangut, not Chinese; its script drew on Chinese character models, while Khitan influence is debated.
It remained in use after the Mongol conquest through Yuan and Ming rule, becoming obsolete by the Ming’s end. Rediscovered in the late 19th century, it was largely deciphered early in the 20th century.
Historical, scholarly register.
A box can signal missing Tangut font support.
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Who writes 𗋨
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1Why does 𗋨 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𗋨
- Search it as
- Tangut script · Xixia script · 172E8 · ljir · lir
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗋨\172E8Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.