What 𗛼 means
𗛼 means fence or hedge in Tangut. The Tangut dictionary index by Li Fanwen pairs it with Chinese 籬, a fence of bamboo or branches. Scholars reconstruct its reading in specialist notation as twər¹.
Tangut writing began around 1036 as the state script of Western Xia (Xixia), a Tangut-led kingdom. It marked Tangut independence and served official, private, and Buddhist texts. It continued under later dynasties after the kingdom fell in 1227; the latest dated remnant is from 1502.
Historical and specialist; this is a Tangut text character, not emoji artwork.
𗛼 is Tangut, not Chinese; do not infer its reading from its shape.
Who writes 𗛼
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Questions people ask
1Will 𗛼 display everywhere?
No. It needs a font that supports Tangut; otherwise it may show as a missing box, and compatible fonts can draw it differently.
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How to type or find 𗛼
- Search it as
- fence · hedge · Tangut fence · Xixia fence · 籬 · twər
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗛼\176FCCodes and encoding1 code points
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