What 𗙁 means
This Tangut character is glossed as “sound.”
Created around 1036 for the Tangut language in Western Xia (Xixia), the script served official, private, and religious writing. It continued into Yuan and Ming use, then became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. Though it looks like Chinese writing, it records a different language.
Who writes 𗙁
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Questions people ask
2Why does 𗙁 show as a box?
Your font may lack Tangut glyphs, so it substitutes a missing-character box. A Tangut-capable font can display 𗙁.
Can I send 𗙁 to mean “sound”?
Only with Tangut context. Without it, readers may recognize a character but not its historical gloss.
How to type or find 𗙁
- Search it as
- Tangut sound · Xixia sound · 𗙁 meaning · Tangut Component-099 · Tangut dictionary
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗙁\17641Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

