What 𗢬 means
It is glossed as “to amass” in Tangut.
The reconstructed Tangut reading is written dzjiw in Latin letters. This is scholarly notation for a reconstructed sound, not another English gloss.
“Tangut Ideograph-178AC” is Unicode’s mechanically generated label for the character, not a Tangut word.
Why does 𗢬 look Chinese?
Because Tangut has its own square-shaped script.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 for the Western Xia state to write Tangut and give the state an official written system of its own. Its square forms resemble Chinese characters, but the two scripts are distinct.
Tangut writing appears in official and private records, Buddhist sutras, books, inscriptions, and manuscripts. After Western Xia fell, the script remained in use during the Yuan and Ming dynasties before becoming obsolete.
Historical and specialist; this character belongs in discussions of Tangut writing.
If it appears as a box, the font lacks Tangut coverage; the underlying character has not changed.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗢬 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.
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How to type or find 𗢬
- Search it as
- amass · gather · Tangut 𗢬 · Western Xia · dzjiw
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗢬\178ACCodes and encoding1 code points
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