What 𗵙 means
Its dictionary gloss is “copulation.”
The script was created under Western Xia’s first emperor around 1036 to write Tangut, a language spoken in what is now northwestern China from about the 11th through the 16th century. Its use continued under the Yuan and Ming after Western Xia fell; Buddhist texts are among the surviving records, and the script was obsolete by the end of Ming rule.
A historical Tangut character with an explicitly sexual gloss.
Without historical context, its dictionary meaning can read as a blunt reference to sex.
Who writes 𗵙
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Questions people ask
2Why does 𗵙 show as a box?
Without a Tangut-capable font, an app may show a missing box. The character has not changed; the font cannot display it.
Is 𗵙 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to Tangut, a separate script made to write the Tangut language. It resembles Chinese characters visually, but is not part of Chinese writing.
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How to type or find 𗵙
- Search it as
- Tangut copulation · Tangut character for sex · Xixia character · 17D59
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗵙\17D59Codes and encoding1 code points
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