What 𗫬 means
Tangut dictionaries gloss 𗫬 as “suffering.” The same gloss appears in a modern index and a wordbook analysis.
The script may have begun under Li Deming, Western Xia’s second ruler, using Chinese and neighboring Khitan writing as models. His son Li Yuanhao standardized it around 1036; Tangut writing was obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Historical and specialist; its gloss comes from Tangut texts.
Tangut is a distinct script; its Chinese-like form does not make 𗫬 Chinese.
Who writes 𗫬
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Combination ideas
1A 2018 study proposed “pray to avert suffering”; no other text confirmed it.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗫬 show as a box?
Fonts without Tangut coverage show a missing-character box; a Tangut-capable font can display it.
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How to type or find 𗫬
- Search it as
- suffering · Tangut suffering · Xixia · Western Xia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗫬CSS
\17AECCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗫬
HTML hex
𗫬
CSS content
content: "\17AEC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%AB%AC
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.