What 𗌚 means
A Tangut dictionary gives 𗌚 the meaning “an overcast sky.”
The Tangut language and its square script belonged to the medieval Xixia state, also called Western Xia. The state developed this script for official writing and to mark a distinct political identity.
The earliest known surviving Tangut document is dated 1072. Tangut writing later appears in official records, Buddhist books, and translations; an inscription from 1502 shows it continued after the state fell.
is 𗌚 Chinese?
No. It is Tangut writing, a separate script for a different language.
Tangut characters look like Chinese characters and use some similar ways of forming graphs, but they write Tangut, not Chinese. The neighboring Khitan people also had their own script, part of a regional pattern of states using distinct writing systems.
In a historical Tangut passage, 𗌚 has its dictionary meaning. Alone in a modern message, it reads more like a Tangut reference or a typographic choice. A Tangut-capable font is needed; older non-Unicode fonts can show the wrong glyph if their mappings do not match.
In historical writing it has a clear home; alone in modern writing, it comes across as a Tangut reference or typographic choice.
Without context, readers may not know its weather meaning.
Who writes 𗌚
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA word for an overcast sky.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗌚 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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