Tangut Character

Use Tangut input for text; a Unicode picker handles one glyph.

A Tangut input method handles longer passages; a Unicode-aware character picker can insert one glyph. A regular keyboard layout does not map a key directly to 𗦏.

What does 𗦏 mean?

Its sense depends on the Tangut word and surrounding text.

Tangut writing was created around 1036 to record Tangut, the language of Western Xia (also called Xixia), a medieval kingdom in what is now northwestern China. Its writing system belonged to a distinct Tangut state beside the neighboring Song dynasty.

A Khara-Khoto manuscript, probably from the 12th or early 13th century, preserves a Tangut translation of a Chinese work whose original is unknown. An index to Gerard Clauson’s reference dictionary of Tangut links 𗦏 to a word entry and a folio, a numbered page reference; the surrounding text supplies the translation.

Why does 𗦏 show as a square?

The app may lack a Tangut-capable font.

A browser or app needs a Tangut-capable font on the receiving device. Fonts that support Tangut can draw the strokes in different styles; a square where 𗦏 should appear is a display failure, not another character.