What 𗱮 means
The Unicode label identifies it; it does not translate it.
𗱮 is written Tangut, a historical language of Western Xia. Its word meaning and approximate pronunciation come from a Tangut dictionary and sentence context; the codepoint-based name and the strokes alone cannot tell you either.
Is 𗱮 Chinese?
No. It belongs to Tangut, also called Xixia.
Tangut is a separate writing system for a different language, though its square forms draw on Chinese visual conventions. Its creation also followed the earlier Khitan example of neighboring states adopting their own scripts; resemblance does not make this glyph Chinese or a form of an individual Chinese character.
The Western Xia ruler Li Yuanhao ordered Tangut writing in 1036 as a state-building project. It was used for official records, Buddhist scripture, and books translated from Chinese or written in Tangut. Wenhai, a Tangut rhyme dictionary whose surviving materials date to around the 12th century, lists 𗱮 as an entry. Tangut writing continued after Western Xia fell in 1227.
A piece of Tangut writing, not a ready-made chat reaction.
If your reader cannot read Tangut, add the intended word or a translation.
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Who writes 𗱮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗱮 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 𗱮
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · 17c6e · wenhai
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗱮\17C6E17C6E and press AltX. If the code follows other hex digits, select it first.CtrlShiftU, type 17C6E, then press Enter.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.