What 𗱞 means
It means “aerolite,” an old word for a meteorite. The Unicode Tangut chart links this character to an entry in Li Fanwen’s Tangut dictionary, glossed in English as “aerolite.” That is an old term for a meteorite, a stone that has fallen from the sky. “Tangut Ideograph-17C5E” is a code-position label, not a translation.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 under the first emperor of Western Xia, a state in what is now northwestern China, for government records and translations. The earliest surviving example identified by scholars is an official document from 1072. Buddhist, legal, and official texts were written in it after Western Xia fell. Its characters use a Chinese-style design, with possible influence from Khitan writing, but it is a separate script for the Tangut language.
A historical Tangut word; a translation helps place its dictionary meaning in context.
A Chinese-style shape does not make it Chinese: this script writes Tangut.
Who writes 𗱞
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Questions people ask
3is 𗱞 an emoji?
No. 𗱞 is a Tangut text character, displayed through a text font.
can i read 𗱞 as Chinese?
No. Tangut characters use a Chinese-style design, but this separate script was made to write the Tangut language.
why is 𗱞 a blank box?
The font in use lacks a Tangut glyph. Choose a font with Tangut coverage to display the character.
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How to type or find 𗱞
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- Tangut character · Tangut meteorite · aerolite · Xixia script
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗱞\17C5ECodes and encoding1 code points
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