What 𗚱 means
It is glossed as “a kind of tree.” Li Fanwen’s Tangut-to-Chinese dictionary lists 𗚱 as entry 4229 and gives its reconstructed reading as lhja, also transcribed lha. These Latin forms are scholarly renderings of a historical reading, not an everyday pronunciation to assume.
Tangut is a distinct script developed under the Western Xia court around 1036, when Emperor Li Yuanhao ordered it as part of state-building. The project also served Buddhist translation and a distinct written identity alongside Song China. Tangut appeared in official, private, and religious texts.
Tangut writing continued after Mongol armies toppled Western Xia in 1227, especially in Yuan- and Ming-period Buddhist texts, but was obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. Historical manuscripts arranged it in vertical columns; scholarly editions print it horizontally from left to right.
Historical and specialist; this character’s tree gloss comes from Tangut lexicography, not ordinary conversation.
Without Tangut context, pair it with the tree gloss; the character alone is hard to decode.
Who writes 𗚱
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗚱 show as a box?
A font issue. As of 2026, a browser or app without Tangut font coverage may show an empty box, a question mark, or a fallback glyph. A font with Tangut support can display the character.
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How to type or find 𗚱
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- Tangut tree · Tangut tree character · 𗚱 meaning · lhja · lha · lhomx · Tangut font · Tangut input
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗚱\176B1lhomx in Rime Xunpin; it maps to 𗚱 under Gong Xun’s reconstruction, unlike Li Fanwen’s dictionary reading lhja.176B1; exact keystrokes vary by operating system.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.