Tangut character 177B9

𗞹 is a Tangut character, not an emoji or a Chinese character. Unicode's label identifies the glyph but gives no English meaning, so context or a Tangut dictionary is needed. The Tangut script served Western Xia and later became a subject of historical study. If it appears as a box, your font may lack Tangut coverage.

Text symbol

What 𗞹 means

Unicode's label identifies the character, not its Tangut word.

𗞹 belongs to the Tangut script, which resembles Chinese writing but is a distinct writing system. Created under Western Xia's first emperor around 1036 for state use and a collection of Buddhist texts, the script appears in official, private, and religious writing.

A page from a handwritten book found at Khara-khoto, dating to about the 12th century, is early evidence of the script. It dates that surviving page, not the first appearance of this character.

Tangut remained in use after the Mongol conquest, during the Yuan and Ming dynasties. By the end of the Ming it had fallen out of use. Scholars rediscovered the script in the late nineteenth century; early twentieth-century scholarship made it largely readable.

Use it for Tangut study or deliberate historical design; it is not an emoji.

If someone sends it alone, ask for context instead of guessing its meaning.

Part of collections

𗀀

Tangut Characters List

𗼇

Tangut Script

Who writes 𗞹

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Questions people ask

Why does 𗞹 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.