What 𗜳 means
The dictionary gloss is “charcoal.”
Tangut writing began around 1036 and served Western Xia administration and Buddhist translations; it remained in use after 1227. Its forms drew on Chinese writing models, but Tangut is a separate script.
Historical and specialist; it suits writing about Tangut or script history.
A reader who cannot read Tangut may miss “charcoal”; add a plain-language label.
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Who writes 𗜳
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗜳 show as a box?
The selected font lacks Tangut support; the text may still contain 𗜳 even when a box or blank appears.
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How to type or find 𗜳
- Search it as
- Tangut charcoal · Tangut script · Xixia script · western xia writing · 西夏 character · chinese looking character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗜳\17733Why is 𗜳 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.