What 𗛜 means
The dictionary gloss for 𗛜 is “circle.”
Tangut writing emerged for the Western Xia court around 1036. It served government documents and education, and was used for Buddhist translations and texts printed from carved blocks. After the dynasty fell, it continued in Buddhist materials; the latest datable Tangut inscriptions are from 1502.
If you are asking whether 𗛜 is Chinese or Tangut, it is Tangut. Chinese writing influenced the Tangut script, but the two are distinct.
Historical and specialist; it suits Tangut-script material, not casual chat.
Do not guess a Chinese reading from its shape.
Who writes 𗛜
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗛜 show as a box?
A box usually means your device or app lacks a font with Tangut coverage. As of 2026, Tangut Yinchuan is listed as covering the Unicode Tangut ideographs; it must be available to your system to display the character.
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How to type or find 𗛜
- Search it as
- circle · Tangut · Xixia · Tangut script · Tangut character · 𗛜
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗛜\176DCCodes and encoding1 code points
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