What 𗨰 means
It is a Tangut verb glossed as “to weave.”
A Tangut–Chinese dictionary maps 𗨰 to the English gloss “to weave”; Tangut is the historical script used to write the Tangut language. Tangut script entered official use around 1036 under the Western Xia state, serving government, schooling, Buddhist translations, and printing. It remained in use after the state fell in 1227; the latest known example is dated 1502.
Why can 𗨰 look like Chinese writing?
Tangut is its own script, though its shapes may look familiar.
Its characters are square and built from strokes, which can recall Chinese writing; that visual resemblance does not make 𗨰 a Chinese character. Display depends on the active font: a Tangut-capable font draws it, while a font without coverage may show a missing-glyph box.
Should I send 𗨰 without a gloss?
Add “to weave” if the reader does not know Tangut.
On its own, the glyph does not tell someone who cannot read Tangut which word it records. In a note or message, pair it with the short gloss when the meaning matters.
Historical or scholarly; without context, its specific meaning is opaque to readers who do not read Tangut.
Readers who cannot read Tangut cannot infer this specific word from the glyph alone.
Who writes 𗨰
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗨰 show as a box?
The active font may lack Tangut glyph coverage; the box is a missing-glyph display, not a different character.
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How to type or find 𗨰
- Also called
- Tangut character · Xixia character · Tangut ideograph
- Search it as
- Tangut · Xixia · to weave · Tangut font · Tangut IME · 西夏文 · 西夏字
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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