What 𗛑 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses it as “happiness.”
Tangut was the language of Western Xia, a state in what is now northwestern China.
Is 𗛑 Chinese writing?
No. It belongs to the Tangut script.
The Western Xia court introduced Tangut writing around 1036 for official correspondence; Buddhist translations and books followed.
Tangut characters borrow the square, stroke-built look of Chinese writing, but 𗛑 belongs to a separate script. After Western Xia fell, the script persisted in Yuan and Ming texts before falling out of use by the end of the Ming dynasty.
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Who writes 𗛑
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗛑 show as a box?
Your font may lack Tangut coverage. A font such as Tangut Yinchuan can display it; the box marks a missing glyph, not a different character.
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How to type or find 𗛑
- Search it as
- xixia · happiness · happy
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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