What 𗖗 means
A scholarly reconstruction assigns this character the reading sẽ².
𗖗 belongs to the Tangut script, made for the Tangut language. Song dynasty records date its creation to 1036, two years before the Western Xia (Xixia) state was founded in northwestern China. Tangut script served official, private, and religious writing. Surviving texts include Buddhist books, translations of Chinese classics, dictionaries, law codes, literature, and documents. The Western Xia fell in 1227, but Tangut remained in use; a record from 1502 shows its later survival. When scholars rediscovered the script in the late 19th century, they could not yet read it; surviving texts and a Tangut rhyming dictionary helped with its decipherment.
Unicode maps this character to entry 0427 in Li Fanwen's 2008 Tangut–Chinese Dictionary; that number is a catalogue reference, not a word meaning. Tangut borrowed and reshaped some writing conventions from Chinese, but it is a distinct script for another language. Structural data places component 𘡒 on the left and 𘦲 on the right.
It fits Tangut-language research, historical texts, or typography; elsewhere, identify the script for readers.
Chinese-looking strokes do not make it Chinese; this character belongs to Tangut writing.
Who writes 𗖗
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Questions people ask
2𗖗 pronunciation: how do scholars read it?
The scholarly reconstruction writes its Tangut reading as sẽ². The raised ² marks tone in that notation; it is a research reconstruction, not a modern recording.
𗖗 font box: why is it missing?
If you see a box, the font or app lacks Tangut coverage. The box is a missing-glyph placeholder, not a different Tangut form.
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How to type or find 𗖗
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- Tangut · Xixia · Tangut dictionary · Tangut keyboard · Tangut font · 0427 · sẽ² · Tangut text
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗖗\17597Codes and encoding1 code points
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