What 𗚥 means
Its dictionary gloss is “ailanthus,” a tree. Scholars reconstruct its reading, written in Latin letters as ɣor.
Tangut writing was created around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor to serve the state, mark political identity, and support a Tangut Buddhist canon—a collection of Buddhist scriptures. It remained in use through the Yuan and Ming periods, then became obsolete by the end of Ming.
Some Tangut forms reflect Chinese character structure; that is script-level influence, not a Chinese identity for 𗚥. The Khitan people also developed a script, a historical parallel rather than a link between individual characters.
Who writes 𗚥
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗚥 appear as a box?
Your font lacks Tangut coverage. A Tangut-capable font is needed to display the character.
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How to type or find 𗚥
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- 𗚥 meaning · Tangut ailanthus · Western Xia script · Xixia writing · Tangut font
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗚥\176A5Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.