What 𗏓 means
It is one written character in the Tangut script.
Tangut was a language spoken in what is now northwestern China. Its script served the Western Xia court for official writing, Buddhist translations, and other religious texts. Tangut writing originally ran in vertical columns from top to bottom, with columns ordered right to left, as in traditional Chinese books; its characters belong to a distinct script.
After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut writing continued in religious and scholarly use. The latest known example dates to 1502. The exact reading and meaning of 𗏓 come from a Tangut dictionary or the surrounding sentence; its Unicode label is only an identifier.
Why does 𗏓 look different in fonts?
Some fonts show a documented source-specific form.
Tangut sources do not always use one outline for a character. Reference tables record more than one source form for 𗏓, and fonts may follow different editions. The outline can change while the encoded character stays the same.
Archival and scholarly; without Tangut context, it reads as an unfamiliar text character.
A recipient may see a box if their font lacks Tangut coverage.
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Questions people ask
2Is 𗏓 an emoji?
No. It is a Tangut text character, and its reading depends on the Tangut word or passage around it. Outside that context, a recipient may not know how to read it.
Why does 𗏓 show as a square?
Font coverage. Your device may lack a font with Tangut glyphs even though the text is intact. Use a font that supports Tangut to see the character.
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How to type or find 𗏓
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- Tangut script · Tangut character · Xixia · Xixiawen · Western Xia script
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗏓\173D3Codes and encoding1 code points
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