What 𗮌 means
It is a Tangut verb glossed “to puzzle.”
Is 𗮌 Chinese?
No. 𗮌 is Tangut; Chinese influenced its script.
By the late 1030s, the Western Xia state had established Tangut writing for its language. The script drew on Chinese and Khitan writing traditions; the Khitan were a neighboring people with their own script. Tangut writing served administration, legal works, and Buddhist translations. A Buddhist inscription dated 1502 shows that it remained in use after Western Xia fell.
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Who writes 𗮌
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗮌 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 𗮌
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- tangut · xixia · western xia · tangut script · to puzzle · 𗮌
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗮌\17B8CCodes and encoding1 code points
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