What 𗲐 means
It is a Tangut character whose reading depends on context.
The script was created around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor to write Tangut. It served official, private, and religious writing, including sutras, inscriptions, and manuscripts. It stayed in use after Western Xia fell in 1227 and became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Why does 𗲐 look Chinese?
It resembles Chinese writing, but belongs to a separate script.
Tangut was influenced by Chinese writing. The 12th-century Sea of Characters, a Tangut dictionary, links characters through components, but those shapes do not reliably reveal a character’s sound or meaning. A reader familiar with Tangut text has context; the Chinese-like shape alone does not identify 𗲐. 危 is the Chinese label in 危宿, not another form of 𗲐.
Historical and specialist: it belongs in discussion of Tangut writing, Western Xia, or related history.
Call it Tangut, not Chinese; the scripts are distinct.
Who writes 𗲐
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why is 𗲐 a box?
The font is missing Tangut coverage. The encoded character is still intact; use a Tangut-capable font rather than substituting a Chinese glyph.
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How to type or find 𗲐
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- xixia · western xia · tangut script · tangut writing · tangut glyph · 17c90 · U+17C90 · 危宿
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗲐\17C90Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.