What 𗚬 means
Its dictionary gloss is “ailanthus.”
The Tangut dictionary lists it as entry 4164 and writes its reconstructed historical pronunciation as ɣor, a scholarly estimate.
Western Xia authorities developed Tangut writing around 1036 for official and Buddhist texts. It remained in use after the state fell in 1227; the latest known examples date to 1502.
Historical Tangut vocabulary, encountered in dictionary and text study.
Is 𗚬 Chinese? No. It belongs to Tangut, a separate script for the Tangut language.
Who writes 𗚬
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗚬 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𗚬
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- ailanthus · ɣor · Tangut · Western Xia
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗚬\176AC𗚬; in a JavaScript string, use \u{176AC}.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.