Tangut character 𗟌

Use a Unicode escape in code.

In JavaScript, write \u{177CC}; in Python, write \U000177CC. Both work in Unicode-aware strings.

What does 𗟌 mean?

It is glossed as a kind of waterweed.

Tangut was the language of the Western Xia state, also called Xixia. Its court commissioned a script in 1036 for state affairs and Buddhist translation; the Buddhist canon is the collection of Buddhist scriptures. The distinct script also marked an identity separate from Song China. The earliest surviving Tangut document is dated 1072; that date does not establish when 𗟌 itself first appeared.

Writing continued after the Western Xia fell in 1227; a stone inscription at Baoding is dated 1502. Tangut drew visual cues from Chinese writing and script-making models used by the Khitan, a neighboring people, but it was a distinct script rather than a direct offshoot of Chinese.

Is 𗟌 an emoji?

No; it is a Tangut text character.

A lone character in a message gives little clue whether it is quoted text or part of a Tangut passage, so read the surrounding context. A font without Tangut coverage may show an empty box; that changes the display, not the encoded character.