What 𗔲 means
“Firm” is its English dictionary gloss.
It translates a Tangut word, not a general symbolic meaning.
Is 𗔲 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to the Tangut script.
Created under Western Xia’s first emperor around 1036, Tangut script wrote the Tangut language of northwestern China. Its Chinese-like characters belong to a distinct script, unrelated to Chinese ideographs. Surviving books include official works and Buddhist translations from Chinese and Tibetan.
After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut writing lasted into the Yuan and Ming periods. A dated inscription from 1502 shows it remained in use.
Historical and specialist; it belongs in Tangut-language, Western Xia, or script-history discussions.
Chinese-like strokes do not make it a Chinese character.
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Who writes 𗔲
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗔲 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 𗔲
- Search it as
- Tangut firm · Xixia script · Tangut character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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