What 𗏫 means
The Unicode name tells you which glyph this is, not what word it represents.
The Tangut script, also called the Xixia script, was created under Western Xia’s first emperor around 1036 for the Tangut language. After the dynasty fell, it remained in use in official and private works, Buddhist scriptures, inscriptions, and manuscripts; it fell out of use by the end of the Ming period. This is a Tangut character, not Chinese writing or emoji, although its forms resemble Chinese characters.
Why does 𗏫 show as a blank box?
The selected font may lack Tangut characters.
Choose a Tangut font that covers this script to display the glyph.
It reads as specialist historical-script text, not a familiar chat symbol.
Do not infer a Chinese translation from its shape.
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Who writes 𗏫
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗏫 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.
How to type or find 𗏫
- Search it as
- Xixia script · 𗏫 meaning · Tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗏫\173EBCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.



