What 𗭘 means
Its historical dictionary gloss is “shin.”
The Sea of Writing, a Tangut lexicon, lists it as entry 30.134.
Tangut writing was devised around 1036 for the Western Xia state. It served government and Buddhist scripture, remained in use after the state fell, then became obsolete.
Academic and archival.
Is 𗭘 a Chinese character? No: it belongs to the Tangut script used by Western Xia.
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Who writes 𗭘
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗭘 show as a box?
The app’s font lacks Tangut support; use one that includes Tangut.
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How to type or find 𗭘
- Search it as
- shin
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𗭘CSS
\17B58How to type 𗭘
Use RIME, an input method you can set up with a Tangut dictionary and input rules; they supply this character’s input sequence.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𗭘
HTML hex
𗭘
CSS content
content: "\17B58";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%97%AD%98
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On screen
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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.