What 𗛭 means
Read the dictionary gloss as a general tree term.
Unicode’s source record links this glyph to a Tangut–Chinese dictionary entry glossed as “a kind of tree.” Its generated label, “TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-176ED,” identifies the encoded character; the dictionary supplies the Tangut meaning.
The Tangut script was promulgated in 1036 for the Western Xia, a Tangut-led state, to write its language and mark a distinct court culture. Its square forms drew on Chinese writing’s style, but Tangut is a separate script for a different language. It served government and Buddhist translation, continued in use through the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. Scholars deciphered surviving texts with help from dictionaries and bilingual works.
Who writes 𗛭
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗛭 show as a box?
Your app has no Tangut glyph in its active font. Switch to a font that includes Tangut characters.
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How to type or find 𗛭
- Search it as
- xixia · tree
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗛭\176EDCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.