What 𗤼 means
It is a Tangut character, not a Chinese one. Tangut has its own character forms and arrangements. The catalog label “Tangut Ideograph-1793C” identifies this glyph; it supplies neither an English translation nor a reading.
In 1036, Li Yuanhao, ruler of Western Xia, ordered Tangut writing for state-building and a Buddhist canon. Later works included Confucian, military, and literary texts. The script followed earlier Khitan writing practice (Khitan was another regional script) and Chinese writing principles while remaining distinct. A surviving manuscript fragment—a piece of handwritten text—is probably from the 12th or early 13th century.
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Who writes 𗤼
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗤼 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 𗤼
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- Tangut script · Tangut character · Tangut glyph · Western Xia script · Xixia script · Minyak script
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗤼\1793CCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.