What 𗵇 means
Li Fanwen’s dictionary glosses 𗵇 as “road.”
The Tangut script was developed in 1036–1038 for the Western Xia (Xixia) state to write the Tangut language and serve government, education and translation. Its distinct writing system also expressed independence alongside Chinese writing.
After the state fell in 1227, Tangut writing continued in later communities and Buddhist texts. The Baoding dhāraṇī pillars—stone columns bearing Buddhist prayers—from 1502 are the latest known examples.
Historical Tangut writing; interpret it as text.
Its square form does not make it Chinese; 𗵇 is Tangut.
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Who writes 𗵇
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗵇 show as a box?
A font without Tangut coverage may show a missing-glyph box; the character itself remains 𗵇.
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How to type or find 𗵇
- Search it as
- road · Xixia · Tangut script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗵇\17D47Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.