What 𗎌 means
The Unicode name is an identifier, not a translation.
A Tangut word or passage supplies its sense.
Is this Chinese or Tangut?
It is Tangut, with design influence from Chinese.
Li Yuanhao, ruler of Western Xia, ordered Tangut around 1036 for a Buddhist canon and distinct state identity; its design took Chinese cues without deriving from Chinese characters.
The neighboring Khitan people’s state-script model shaped Tangut, which also carried Chinese translations. It remained in use into the Yuan and Ming dynasties, becoming obsolete by the Ming dynasty’s end.
Historical script writing with a Chinese-influenced design.
A blank box for 𗎌 means the font lacks its Tangut glyph; the character remains in the text.
Who writes 𗎌
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗎌 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 𗎌
- Also called
- Tangut character · Xixia character
- Search it as
- tangut script · xixia script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗎌\1738CCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.