What 𗢸 means
Mouth.
𗢸 is a Tangut character whose lexical meaning is “mouth.” The sequence 𗤶𗢸𗛮 appears in a Tangut legal contract as a formula expressing a party’s willingness; there, 𗢸 is part of the phrase rather than a standalone body-part word.
The Tangut script began as a Western Xia state project. Western Xia was a kingdom that used Tangut for government writing, Buddhist scripture, works translated from Chinese, and secular books; the script remained in manuscripts and printed books after the dynasty ended.
A historical Tangut character from government, Buddhist, and book contexts.
It belongs to Tangut writing, not the Chinese writing system.
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Who writes 𗢸
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1Why does 𗢸 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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- Tangut mouth · Tangut script · Tangut character · Xixia script · Western Xia writing · Tangut language
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗢸\178B8Codes and encoding1 code points
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