What 𗪀 means
It means “to watch.” Its reconstructed reading is roughly “khu”: k with a puff of breath, then u as in “food.” In ²khu’₄, the extra marks show scholarly sound distinctions, not character strokes.
Tangut was spoken in Western Xia, a medieval state in northwestern China. Under its first emperor, Jingzong, the script was developed around 1036 for government and culture. Modeled on Chinese characters, it wrote a different language and Buddhist texts translated from Chinese and Tibetan. It remained in use under the Yuan and Ming after Western Xia fell, then became obsolete by the end of the Ming.
A verb in the historical Tangut vocabulary.
An empty box means the font lacks Tangut support.
Who writes 𗪀
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗪀 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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𗪀\17A80Codes and encoding1 code points
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