What 𗐎 means
No. 𗐎 is a Tangut character, not a Chinese one. Tangut was a separate language written by people of the Western Xia state.
The script was established in 1036–1038 to write that language, using Chinese-style block construction for its own characters. It appeared in seals, inscriptions, documents, and Buddhist translations. Western Xia fell in 1227, but Tangut writing survived; a Buddhist stone inscription dated 1502 is a later trace.
This is a historical Tangut word character, not a general-purpose symbol or emoji.
Who writes 𗐎
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗐎 show as a box?
A box means the font—the set of letter shapes your app uses—does not include this Tangut character. Switch to a font with Tangut coverage.
How to type or find 𗐎
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · father · tangut script · western xia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗐎\1740ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
