What 𗵳 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses 𗵳 as “sweet.”
The Tangut state developed this script around 1036–1037 to translate Buddhist scripture and affirm its political identity. Its characters used construction methods associated with Chinese writing and followed the earlier Khitan script, another regional writing system. Tangut writing served Buddhist, legal, and secular texts; Buddhist works continued under the later Yuan dynasty, which ruled the region. The latest known use is an inscription from 1502.
A character from specialist historical writing.
Readers unfamiliar with Tangut cannot infer the gloss from the character alone; include a translation when its meaning matters.
Who writes 𗵳
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗵳 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 𗵳
- Search it as
- Tangut · Xixia · sweet
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗵳\17D73Codes and encoding1 code points
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