What 𗎎 means
The number identifies the sign; Tangut context gives its meaning.
Tangut writing draws on the Chinese-character tradition but was made for the Tangut language. It is a separate script, so 𗎎 is not Chinese text.
Created in the 11th century for the Western Xia state, Tangut writing appears in official and Buddhist texts. The earliest known surviving Tangut document dates to 1072. The 12th-century Sea of Writing, a Tangut dictionary arranged by rhyme, lists 𗎎. Tangut writing continued after Western Xia fell.
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Who writes 𗎎
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗎎 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 𗎎
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- u+1738e · tangut script · xixia script · tangut writing · western xia script · chinese looking character
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗎎\1738EWhy is 𗎎 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.