What 𗯦 means
The Unicode label identifies the character; it does not translate it.
𗯦 appears in the Golden Guide, a Tangut verse text, and in Tangut dictionaries. One analysis places 𘢫 at the top of its structure; that is a building part, not a reading or word translation.
Is 𗯦 Chinese?
No. It belongs to the Tangut script, not the Chinese writing system.
Western Xia rulers had the Tangut script created in 1036–1037 for official state writing. The earliest surviving example identified in historical literature is an official military document from 1072; records and translations were among the script's uses.
After the Western Xia state ended, Tangut remained in use; surviving evidence documents it through 1502. Later dictionaries, bilingual texts, and manuscript study helped scholars reconstruct the script. Its design drew on Chinese and Khitan traditions, but that historical influence does not make 𗯦 a Chinese character.
In scholarly, archival, or typographic contexts it signals Tangut; in ordinary chat it will usually look like an unreadable historical-script character.
Do not label it Chinese or guess a modern word from its shape.
Who writes 𗯦
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Questions people ask
1Why is 𗯦 a box?
Your font may lack Tangut coverage. The character can be present in the text while the chosen font shows a missing-glyph box; a font with Tangut support is needed to display it.
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How to type or find 𗯦
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- Tangut · Tangut character · Tangut script · Xixia · Western Xia · 17BE6
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗯦\17BE6Codes and encoding1 code points
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