What 𗏤 means
This is a Tangut character, not Chinese writing. Unicode generates “Tangut Ideograph-173E4” from the code point; it is a catalog label, not a translation.
Li Yuanhao, ruler of Tangut's Western Xia kingdom, ordered the script's creation in 1036 for state-building. It likely helped translate Buddhist scriptures into Tangut and mark a distinct identity from neighboring Song China. Tangut drew on Chinese writing and followed nearby Khitan neighbors who had created scripts of their own, but it did not derive from Chinese.
After Mongols conquered Western Xia, Tangut writing continued under the Yuan and Ming dynasties, then became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. It was rediscovered in the late 19th century and largely deciphered in the early 20th century.
Who writes 𗏤
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗏤 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 𗏤
- Search it as
- Tangut character · Xixia · 西夏文 · Tangut font · Tangut IME
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗏤\173E4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.