What 𗤆 means
The label identifies the glyph; it does not translate it.
“Tangut Ideograph-17906” is a computer label for the encoded glyph, not a Tangut word. A Tangut dictionary gives its reading and meaning; the surrounding line shows which sense fits.
The script's creation is dated to 1036, when Tangut ruler Li Yuanhao ordered it as part of state-building. It gave Western Xia an official script for Tangut and supported Buddhist translation. A manuscript page from the Khara-Khoto ruins, probably from the 12th or early 13th century, shows the script in a secular work too.
Is 𗤆 Tangut or Chinese?
It is a Tangut character, not a Chinese one.
Tangut texts included Buddhist translations from Chinese and Tibetan, Confucian classics, encyclopedias, military treatises, law codes, and literature. A Tangut inscription dated 1502 shows that written use continued after the Western Xia period.
Tangut characters were modeled on Chinese writing, and the Western Xia rulers also had an earlier example in the scripts used by the neighboring Khitan people. These are historical links between writing systems.
A lone Tangut glyph reads as historical or specialist material; without a Tangut passage, its meaning is opaque.
Its Chinese-inspired shape does not make it Chinese writing; read it as Tangut.
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Who writes 𗤆
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsUsually opaque; ask whether it is a quotation, a writing sample, or a source reference.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗤆 show as a box on my screen?
The font in use likely lacks Tangut coverage. Choose a font that supports Tangut; text characters rely on installed fonts to draw their shapes.
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How to type or find 𗤆
- Also called
- Xixia character
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · tangut script · xixia script · tangut font · tangut input · 𗤆
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗤆\17906Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.