What 𗴱 means
The indexes disagree; the sentence context matters.
Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary index pairs this entry with Chinese 肝 (“liver”); a separate English index gives the same entry as “to cover.” The surrounding sentence is needed to choose a sense.
Tangut borrowed Chinese structure to write another language
Created around 1036 for Western Xia, a kingdom in northwestern China, Tangut used square, component-based forms to write its own language. It served state records, Buddhist translations and inscriptions. The script outlasted the kingdom: Tangut Buddhist pillars dated 1502 are among the latest known examples.
Who writes 𗴱
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗴱 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 𗴱
- Search it as
- 𗴱 · 17d31 · Tangut character · Xixia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗴱\17D31Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.