What 𗐳 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses it as “fort.”
A lone glyph gives no sender’s intent; read the surrounding message.
Tangut, not Chinese
Li Yuanhao ordered Tangut writing to give Xixia (Western Xia) its own official script. A court record dated 1071 is the earliest firmly dated Tangut text. Tangut carried Buddhist works and Chinese books translated for Tangut readers. Its square forms echo Chinese writing; neighboring Khitan rulers also made scripts.
A historical Tangut word, not an emoji.
A box means the display font cannot draw this glyph; it is not another form.
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Who writes 𗐳
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗐳 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.
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How to type or find 𗐳
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- fort · fortress · stronghold · xixia · chinese · western xia writing · two strokes above line · hook at bottom right
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗐳\17433Why is 𗐳 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.