What 𗳮 means
It has a reconstructed reading, but no settled English gloss.
The Tangut reading for 𗳮 is reconstructed as ²u₁ and linked to entry L2008-0378 in Li Fanwen’s 2008 Tangut-Chinese dictionary. This notation gives a scholarly pronunciation, not an English translation. “Tangut Ideograph-17CEE” is an algorithmically generated Unicode name, not a word gloss.
On its own, the character does not tell a reader which English word was intended. Add a translation when the word’s meaning needs to be understood.
Where does the Xixia script fit in Tangut history?
Tangut was the writing system used for the Tangut language in Western Xia. Created under the first Western Xia emperor around 1036, it was used for official, private, and religious writing, including Buddhist sutras, inscriptions, and manuscripts. After the Mongol conquest, it continued under Yuan and Ming rule before falling out of use by the end of the Ming period.
𗳮 belongs to that writing tradition. Its digital encoding preserves the historical character; it does not mark the date the character was created.
Scholarly and archival; without knowledge of Tangut, a reader cannot infer the intended word from the character alone.
²u₁ is a reconstructed reading, not an English translation.
Who writes 𗳮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗳮 appear as a box?
A font without Tangut coverage may show a square, empty box, or fallback mark in place of the character.
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How to type or find 𗳮
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- Tangut · Xixia script · Tangut reading · Tangraph · Tangut font · U+17CEE
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗳮\17CEE𗳮 to produce the character.Codes and encoding1 code points
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