What 𗟭 means
It expresses an obligation or expectation.
Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary glosses it as “should.” Scholars reconstruct its reading as wo, roughly “woh,” with the w gliding into o in one syllable.
Is 𗟭 Chinese?
No. It belongs to the Tangut script.
Tangut writing was created for the Tangut language under the first Western Xia emperor. Chinese writing served as a conceptual model, but Tangut developed its own characters. The script appeared in official, private, and religious texts. After the Western Xia fell, it continued under Yuan and Ming rule.
Why can 𗟭 look different?
Unicode documented a glyph correction for it in 2019.
Fonts based on earlier designs may show its previous form. A blank box points to missing Tangut coverage in the active font; a Tangut-capable font with the corrected design shows the intended glyph.
Who writes 𗟭
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗟭 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 𗟭
- Search it as
- should · ought to · wo · xixia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗟭\177EDCodes and encoding1 code points
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