What 𗍲 means
No dependable one-word English gloss is established as of 2026. 𗍲 appears in the 12th-century Tangut dictionaries Wénhǎi (“Sea of Writing”) and Tóngyīn (“Homophones”). Their reconstructed readings need a sentence or passage to settle the sense.
Tangut writing was created around 1036 for Western Xia and used in schools, records, and Buddhist books. That date is for the script, not this character. Its forms drew visual inspiration from Chinese writing but represented a distinct language and script. After Western Xia fell, Tangut remained in religious texts; the latest known inscription is dated 1502.
Who writes 𗍲
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗍲 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 𗍲
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- l4026 · l2008-4026 · tangut · xixia · tangut script · tangut dictionary · lja
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗍲\17372Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.