What 𗪑 means
The Unicode name is an identifier, not a translation. To learn the Tangut meaning or reading, you need a dictionary entry or the sentence around it.
Is Tangut Chinese? No. Tangut (Xixia) is a separate language and script, though its square characters use Chinese-style components. The Khitan state scripts are earlier historical context, not alternate readings for this character. Tangut writing arose around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor for government and Buddhist texts. The earliest surviving official document is dated 1072. Tangut writing continued under Yuan and Ming rule, becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Historical and scholarly, not conversational.
Why does it show as a box? Your installed font may not include Tangut characters.
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Who writes 𗪑
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗪑 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 𗪑
- Also called
- Xixia character
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · Western Xia · Tangut script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗪑\17A91Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.