What 𗢋 means
The Unicode label identifies the sign, not its Tangut word.
A component breakdown places 𘢅 on its left and 𘧳 on its right; that layout alone does not give a reading.
When did Tangut writing begin?
It was created around 1036 CE under Western Xia’s first emperor.
After the Mongol conquest, it remained in use under Yuan and Ming rule, becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. Scholars rediscovered Tangut in the late 19th century and largely deciphered it in the early 20th century, with N. A. Nevskij’s work.
Who writes 𗢋
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗢋 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 𗢋
- Search it as
- Tangut character · Tangut script · Xixia script · Western Xia writing
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗢋\1788BCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.