What 𗑅 means
It represents a sound in Tangut writing.
Li Fanwen’s dictionary places entry 2897 under “a transliteration”; its radical index maps 𗑅 there and gives the scholarly reconstructed reading diə. Transliteration writes a word’s sounds in another script, so this label describes the character’s writing role.
The Tangut script was developed under the Western Xia state around 1036 to write the Tangut language. It appears in official records and Buddhist texts. After Western Xia fell in 1227, it continued under the Yuan and Ming dynasties. The latest datable Tangut materials known are two Buddhist pillars erected in 1502, inscribed with a dhāraṇī, a sacred recitation.
Who writes 𗑅
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗑅 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 𗑅
- Search it as
- Tangut · Tangut script · Xixia script · Tangut transliteration · diə
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗑅\1744517445 as a hexadecimal code point and confirm; the shortcut depends on the editor.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.