What 𗎽 means
It means “two” or “both” in Tangut. Tangut has a script separate from Chinese characters. A dictionary index links 𗎽 with Chinese 兩 and records a reading as me; a study writes it as ²mi₁. These are scholarly transcriptions, not separate meanings.
The Tangut script was created for the Tangut language under the Western Xia dynasty around 1036 and used for Buddhist texts. It remained in use under the Yuan and Ming; the latest known inscription dates to 1502.
Historical writing; its reading is a scholarly reconstruction.
A box means the font lacks Tangut coverage; the character itself is unchanged.
Who writes 𗎽
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗎽 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 𗎽
- Search it as
- Tangut · Tangut script · Xixia · Western Xia · two · both · 173BD · me ²mi₁
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗎽\173BDCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.