Tangut character 𗚫

It is a Tangut character; its Unicode label is not a gloss.

Tangut writing emerged under Western Xia around 1036 to write the Tangut language. Government schools taught it; officials used it for state documents and bilingual diplomacy, while translators used it for Buddhist scriptures. Private texts, books, inscriptions, and manuscripts also survive.

A 12th-century Tangut rhyming dictionary called the Sea of Writing lists 𗚫 at catalog position 50.272. After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut writing continued under the Yuan and Ming. Its last known example is dated 1502; scholars rediscovered the script in the late 19th century. Use the dictionary entry and surrounding text to work out this sign's reading.

Why does 𗚫 show as a box?

A font without Tangut coverage may not be able to draw it.

A browser or app without a Tangut-capable font may show an empty box, a question mark, or another missing-glyph marker. The placeholder changes what is displayed, not the character encoded in the text.

Tangut sources also preserve variant glyph shapes. Unicode may unify forms that a particular source does not distinguish, so a different outline alone does not prove a different character.

How can I enter 𗚫 without a Tangut keyboard?

A Tangut input method is the practical option for regular entry.

Specialist Tangut input methods offer four-corner entry, which identifies a character from the shapes in its corners, or phonetic entry based on Tangut readings. These are dedicated methods rather than ordinary Latin-keyboard shortcuts. Installing a Tangut font changes display only; it does not add a keyboard.