What 𗯑 means
It means “to tie or strap something tightly” in Tangut. Li Fanwen’s Tangut dictionary lists entry 5848.
Tangut is the language written in this script. The Western Xia state commissioned the script in 1036 for state-building; it served government, Buddhist scripture, and secular writing. The earliest source known to preserve 𗯑 is the 12th-century Sea of Writing, a Tangut pronunciation dictionary; it lists the character at reference 58.161. As of 2026, records treat it as a word, not a standalone symbol.
Historical and lexical.
No: 𗯑 is a Tangut graph despite its Chinese-style square form.
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Who writes 𗯑
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗯑 show as a box?
A box usually means the active font lacks Tangut coverage. The text still stores 𗯑; the app needs a Tangut glyph to display it.
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How to type or find 𗯑
- Search it as
- tangut 17BD1 · tangut 5848 · xixia character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗯑\17BD1Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.