What 𗗵 means
It means “yak” in the Tangut language.
Why was Tangut script created?
To write the Tangut language for Western Xia.
Created around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor, the script wrote Tangut, the language of a northwestern Chinese state. It served official, private, and religious texts. After the Mongol conquest, Tangut writing continued under the Yuan and Ming dynasties, becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming. Books, Buddhist scriptures, inscriptions, and manuscripts preserve it.
Is this Chinese?
No; 𗗵 is Tangut, not Chinese.
Its many strokes resemble Chinese characters, but Tangut is a separate writing system. 𗗵 is not a Chinese character or a substitute for one.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗗵 show as a box?
A box usually means your active font lacks this Tangut glyph. The character is still there; a font with Tangut coverage can display it.
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How to type or find 𗗵
- Search it as
- yak · tangut yak · xixia · western xia · tangut character · yak character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗗵\175F5Codes and encoding1 code points
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