What 𗞷 means
It names a fortified place.
Scholars reconstruct its Tangut reading as kiwan.
Why was Tangut writing created?
Western Xia rulers commissioned it for government and translation.
Western Xia was a state ruled by the Tanguts in what is now northwestern China. Its founder, Li Yuanhao, ordered a writing system for the Tangut language, and court scholar Yeli Renrong and others developed it. The script served government and translation and gave the state a distinct written identity; it became official writing around 1036. Written records survive from the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, including after Western Xia fell in 1227.
Historical and specialist; a modern message points to Tangut or Western Xia history.
Don’t assume the recipient knows its Tangut meaning.
Who writes 𗞷
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗞷 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𗞷
- Search it as
- Tangut fort · kiwan Tangut · 𗞷 meaning · 𗞷 font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗞷\177B7Codes and encoding1 code points
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