What 𗲚 means
Tangut writing served Western Xia and outlived the state by centuries. The first Western Xia emperor oversaw the script's creation around 1036 to write Tangut. It adapted Chinese-like square forms for a separate language, serving official, private and religious writing; many surviving works are translations from Chinese and Tibetan. It remained in use after the Mongol conquest of Western Xia in 1227 and into the Ming, with Tangut texts attested as late as 1502.
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1Why does 𗲚 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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𗲚\17C9AWhy is 𗲚 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.
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