What 𗪰 means
It is glossed as “wife” in Tangut. A linguistic reconstruction transcribes its reading as gji².
The Tangut state developed its script in 1036 for administration and Buddhist translation. It drew visual and structural ideas from Chinese characters and Khitan writing; the Khitan were another people with their own script. Tangut remained a separate script, not a form of Chinese. Andrew West’s 2020 review discusses a possible earliest dated example of Tangut writing from 1070/1071; that dates the script generally, not this character. Later texts include Buddhist writings, translations of Chinese texts, literature and official records.
If 𗪰 appears as a blank box, the font lacks Tangut coverage; the character itself has not changed.
An uncaptioned use in a modern message points to Tangut or historical-script study.
Its Chinese-influenced structure does not make it Chinese: 𗪰 belongs to Tangut writing.
Who writes 𗪰
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗪰 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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How to type or find 𗪰
- Also called
- Tangut wife · gji²
- Search it as
- wife in Tangut · 𗪰 meaning · Xixia script · Tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗪰\17AB0Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.