What 𗓀 means
It means “father-in-law” in Tangut.
An English index to Li Fanwen’s 2008 Tangut dictionary lists it as entry 4977 under that meaning.
Why was Tangut writing created?
It was made to write the Tangut language.
Created under Western Xia’s first emperor around 1036 CE, Tangut writing served government, private, and religious texts. It continued after the kingdom fell and was rediscovered in the late 19th century.
Historical and specialist; in modern use it points to Tangut language or script study.
Who writes 𗓀
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗓀 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 𗓀
- Search it as
- Tangut father-in-law · Xixia script · Tangut character 4977 · 𗓀 meaning
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗓀CSS
\174C0Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗓀
HTML hex
𗓀
CSS content
content: "\174C0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%93%80
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.