What 𗖳 means
It names crossing threads to make cloth. Tangut dictionary entry 0630 gives the reconstructed reading in scholarly notation as laʶ¹.
The script was created under Li Yuanhao around 1036 for the Tangut-led Western Xia state, including administration and Buddhist translation. It borrowed visual and compositional ideas from Chinese writing and followed earlier state scripts of the Khitan, a neighboring people, while remaining separate. It became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty and was rediscovered in the late 19th century.
A historical, scholarly word from Tangut writing.
Chinese influence does not make it a Chinese character.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗖳 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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- weave · Xixia · 0630
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗖳\175B3Codes and encoding1 code points
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