What 𗭼 means
The recorded sense is “bright.”
A Tangut reference manuscript dated 1188 records the scholarly reading 1swew₁ and the meaning “bright.”
Tangut writing was created about 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor for state-building, Buddhist translation, and a distinct Tangut identity. It later carried Chinese translations and religious texts. Its methods drew on Chinese writing, but Tangut remained a separate script.
This historical Tangut character suits archival texts and study, rather than ordinary modern writing.
The number in its Unicode label identifies the character; it does not give its meaning.
Who writes 𗭼
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗭼 show as a box?
It is a font-support issue: a font without Tangut coverage cannot draw the character. Choose a font that includes Tangut glyphs.
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How to type or find 𗭼
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- bright · 1swew · Tangut · Xixia · Western Xia
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗭼\17B7CCodes and encoding1 code points
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