What 𗓞 means
𗓞 is a Tangut character in a chart of starting sounds.
Under Li Yuanhao, ruler of the Tangut state, the script entered state use in 1036 as part of building a political identity distinct from the Chinese Song dynasty. It carried Buddhist works, including the Tangut Buddhist Canon, a collection of Buddhist texts, alongside translations from Chinese and Tibetan, Confucian and military writing, encyclopedias, and literature.
A 2018 study lists 𗓞 in group IV of a chart of Tangut initial sounds—the categories used to sort syllables by their first sound. One surviving Tangut manuscript probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century; that dates the manuscript, not this character's first appearance.
Was 𗓞 copied from Chinese?
It belongs to Tangut; Chinese influence does not make it Chinese.
Tangut writing has a square, brush-written appearance also seen in Chinese characters and drew on Chinese graphic principles. Historical accounts describe Tangut alongside the Khitan Large and Jurchen scripts as a parallel creation. The resemblance points to design influence, not proof that this glyph is a Chinese character or has a Chinese meaning.
Specialist and archival: its clearest documented clue is a Tangut starting-sound group, not an English gloss.
Its Chinese-like shape does not make it a Chinese word.
Who writes 𗓞
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Questions people ask
1Will 𗓞 render as an emoji?
No. A Tangut-capable font draws this text character; without one, it may appear as a missing-glyph box or fail to display.
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How to type or find 𗓞
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- Tangut character · Xixia character · Tangut script · Xixia script · 西夏 · 西夏文
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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