What 𗣯 means
The complete character is glossed “charcoal.”
Tangut writing was created for the Tangut language in Western Xia around 1036 and used for government writing and Buddhist translations. It continued after the dynasty fell; a 1502 inscription is a later trace. Tangut developed alongside Chinese writing but remained a separate script. A Tangut dictionary called Sea of Characters analyzed how characters were built.
Who writes 𗣯
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗣯 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 𗣯
- Search it as
- 𗣯 meaning · charcoal in Tangut · Tangut charcoal character · Xixia charcoal character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗣯CSS
\178EFCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗣯
HTML hex
𗣯
CSS content
content: "\178EF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%A3%AF
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.