What 𗳴 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses it as “a surname.”
A Tangut dictionary compiled by Li Fanwen records tśhiə, a scholarly reconstruction of the old reading, and glosses the character as “a surname.” It does not name a particular family. Western Xia created Tangut as its national script around 1036 CE. Some scholars propose Khitan influence on its design; Khitan is another regional script tradition. The script served official, private, and Buddhist texts through the Yuan and Ming before becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Tangut looks like Chinese writing because both scripts use compact, square forms, but Tangut represents another language. If 𗳴 appears as a box, use a font with Tangut coverage.
Who writes 𗳴
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗳴 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𗳴
- Search it as
- Tangut script · Xixia · surname · tśhiə
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗳴\17CF4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.