What 𗏽 means
In Tangut, this character means “to sew.”
Another Tangut character, 𗏣, has a similar reading but means “direction”; the different glyphs represent different words.
Tangut writing was created around 1036 under the first emperor of Western Xia (Xixia). The kingdom’s state-building included a Tangut version of the Buddhist canon, a collection of Buddhist texts, and a written identity distinct from Song China. The script drew inspiration from Chinese writing and neighboring Khitan script, but it was made for the Tangut language. It carried Buddhist, official, private, and secular texts. After Western Xia fell, Tangut remained in use under the Yuan and Ming dynasties, then became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Is 𗏽 Chinese or Tangut?
It is Tangut, a script distinct from Chinese.
Its dense, square design can resemble Chinese writing, but visual similarity does not make it a Chinese character. Font coverage and glyph design can also affect how it appears.
Historical and specialist: suitable for Tangut study or precise transcription; outside that setting, readers need context.
Without Tangut context, the glyph alone may not communicate “to sew.”
Who writes 𗏽
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗏽 look different in different fonts?
Fonts supply the drawing. When rendered, Tangut glyph variants can look different across fonts; an app without Tangut coverage may show an empty box.
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How to type or find 𗏽
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · 173fd · l2223 · sew in tangut · tangut sewing · xixiawen
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗏽\173FD\U000173FD (a Python-style escape) to represent this character.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.