What 𗲍 means
Read it with the Tangut word and sentence around it. Tangut is the language written in historical texts of the Western Xia state; the surrounding passage supplies context for its meaning.
The Tangut script entered use in 1036, as Western Xia leader Li Yuanhao built the state. It gave Tangut a written form for government, literature, and Buddhist texts. It followed the neighboring Khitan example of creating a native writing system and drew on Chinese character structure, but it wrote a different language.
After Western Xia fell, Tangut writing continued in Buddhist books, Chinese and Tibetan translations, law codes, official records, and secular works; it remained in use into 1502. Unicode component and stroke data can help locate a character, but they are indexing aids, not translations.
Why does 𗲍 look different in different fonts?
The encoded character stays the same; fonts change its drawing.
Unicode’s reference glyph is not a required typeface, so Tangut fonts can vary in stroke shape and spacing. Similar Tangut forms can be hard to distinguish by sight; check the encoded character if a stroke looks unfamiliar.
It reads as a historical-script reference; include a gloss or surrounding Tangut text for readers who do not read Tangut.
Who writes 𗲍
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Questions people ask
2Why does 𗲍 appear as a square?
Usually the font lacks Tangut support; choose a Tangut-capable font such as Noto Serif Tangut.
Can Unicode component and stroke data translate 𗲍?
No. They help identify or index the character, but do not give its word meaning; consult a Tangut dictionary and the sentence where it appears.
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How to type or find 𗲍
- Also called
- Tangut glyph · Xixia character · Western Xia character
- Search it as
- xixia · western-xia · tangut-script · tangut-character · tangut-font · tangut-input · tangut-unicode
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗲍\17C8DCodes and encoding1 code points
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