What 𗦰 means
It is a Tangut character, reconstructed as śiar¹.
That scholarly transcription records a reconstructed reading, not an English translation. The Unicode name is an algorithmic inventory label, not a lexical gloss. The Unicode Tangut chart maps the glyph to L2008-2120; the Wenhai (Sea of Writing), a Tangut dictionary arranged by rhyme, indexes it at 85.121 under Rhyme 81.
Tangut writing was devised in the 11th century for the Tangut state of Western Xia and its language. It developed in a region where Chinese writing was known, but Tangut is a distinct script, not a direct descendant of Chinese or Khitan writing. Tangut characters appear in inscriptions, manuscripts, printed books, and Buddhist texts.
How do I type 𗦰?
Use hexadecimal Unicode input and a Tangut-capable font.
Enter U179B0 in an editor with a hexadecimal Unicode input tool, then select a font with Tangut coverage. Different fonts can draw the character with different outlines; an empty box means the selected font cannot display it.
Noto Serif Tangut, Tangut Yinchuan, and BabelStone Tangut Wenhai are listed Tangut font options.
Historical and scholarly; it belongs to Tangut writing and its surviving textual record.
Do not replace it with a Chinese character just because the outline looks familiar.
Who writes 𗦰
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗦰 appear as a box?
It can. If the selected font lacks Tangut coverage, the character appears as an empty box. Choose a font that supports Tangut.
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How to type or find 𗦰
- Search it as
- 179b0 · śiar¹ · Tangut character · Wenhai · Xixia · L2008-2120
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗦰\179B0Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.