What 𗰍 means
It is attested as a Tangut family-name character.
A tax receipt from Wuwei dated 1225 begins a person's family name with 𗰍. Scholars transcribe its Tangut reading as dźiew, roughly [dʑiew]: a soft, voiced “j” sound. This documents one use, not a general meaning for every appearance.
Why does 𗰍 look like Chinese writing?
It is Tangut writing, a separate script for the Tangut language.
Western Xia created Tangut for its own language and state culture around 1036, following the neighboring Khitan state's example of making a local script. It served state records, religious texts, private writing, and translations from Chinese and Tibetan.
Archival and scholarly; a lone message can read as a Tangut-text reference or a font test.
Don't assign it a reaction meaning from the glyph alone.
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Who writes 𗰍
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA person's family-name character; this record transcribes its reading as dźiew.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗰍 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 𗰍
- Also called
- dźiew
- Search it as
- L5630 · Tangut family name · Xixia · Tangut script · Tangut font · Tangut character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗰍\17C0DCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.