What 𗑾 means
It is a Tangut word glossed as “speech” or “word.”
Dictionaries gloss 𗑾 as the Tangut word for “speech” or “word”; surrounding words in a historical passage help settle the intended sense.
When was the Tangut script made?
Tangut script was created under the first Western Xia emperor about 1036.
The Xixia script gave the Tangut language a written form for official, private, and religious use. Its record includes inscriptions, manuscripts, and Buddhist texts such as sutras.
After Western Xia fell, Tangut writing continued in Yuan and Ming settings before becoming obsolete.
Why is Tangut Ideograph-1747E a number?
The number identifies the encoded entry, not its Tangut meaning.
Unicode names Tangut characters from their code points; “Tangut Ideograph-1747E” identifies an encoded entry. It does not translate the character’s word.
Historical and scholarly; its gloss belongs to Tangut vocabulary.
Its square strokes may resemble Chinese writing; this sign belongs to Tangut.
Who writes 𗑾
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗑾 show as a box?
The active font likely lacks Tangut coverage. When the character does render, fonts may draw its historical shape differently; non-contrastive forms can share one encoding.
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How to type or find 𗑾
- Search it as
- Tangut speech · Tangut word · Tangut language · Xixia script · Western Xia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗑾\1747ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.