What 𗰔 means
Scholars reconstruct its Tangut reading as ·jiw; the record around it supplies the sense.
The notation ·jiw is a scholarly Latin-letter transcription, not an English definition or a modern speaker’s pronunciation. A household register—a government list of residents—contains a personal name ending in 𗰔, glossed “to enjoy longevity”; other documents use the character in names and signatures.
The Tangut script was created under Western Xia’s first emperor about 1036 to write the Tangut language. It served official, private, and Buddhist texts. After Western Xia fell, it continued into the Yuan and Ming and became obsolete by the end of the Ming. Scholars rediscovered it in the late 19th century and largely deciphered it in the early 20th century.
Is 𗰔 a Chinese character?
No. 𗰔 belongs to the Tangut script, not Chinese writing.
Tangut has a square visual style influenced by Chinese writing; the resemblance is a design influence, not a shared character.
Historical and linguistic in tone; a reconstructed reading needs the surrounding name or sentence for translation.
The reconstructed ·jiw is not an English translation; use the name or record for its sense.
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3 readingsThe scholarly reading is transcribed ·jiw; one documented name is glossed “to enjoy longevity.”
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1Why does 𗰔 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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𗰔\17C14Why is 𗰔 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.