What 𗍦 means
It means “whip” in Tangut. The Unicode label identifies the character instead of translating it; the Tangut–Chinese dictionary indexes 𗍦 as L2008-0219.
Tangut writing was established in 1036 for the Tangut-led Western Xia state, including Buddhist scripture translation.
A Khara-Khoto manuscript, probably from the 12th or early 13th century, translates a Chinese story into Tangut, showing the script also served secular reading. Chinese writing and neighboring Khitan scripts influenced Tangut forms, but Tangut remained a distinct script.
Who writes 𗍦
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗍦 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 𗍦
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- Tangut whip · whip in Tangut · Xixia script · Western Xia writing · L2008-0219 · U+17366 · 𗍦
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗍦\17366Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.