What 𗵿 means
It is a Tangut character glossed in Chinese as “ink.” Its reconstructed Tangut reading is transcribed as be̱, and Chinese 墨 is given as the gloss. That is a translation link, not a Chinese reading of 𗵿.
The Western Xia court promulgated the Tangut script in 1036 to support state writing, Buddhist texts, and translations. It also carried official documents; Tangut Buddhist inscriptions continued later, including pillars dated 1502.
Why does 𗵿 look Chinese?
Tangut uses Chinese-like strokes, but 𗵿 is a Tangut character. Tangut writing uses compact, component-based forms that can look familiar beside Chinese writing. Earlier Khitan scripts were another writing tradition in the region; visual and historical parallels do not make this glyph Chinese or Khitan.
How can I type 𗵿?
Use a Tangut input method and a font with Tangut coverage.
Rime/Xunpin supports phonetic, stroke, and four-corner input. Enter be̱ only if the Tangut dictionary you installed maps it to this exact glyph; a reconstructed reading is not a universal keyboard shortcut.
Input and display are separate: a website can supply a Tangut web font for its own page, while another app needs access to a Tangut-capable font too.
A specialist historical-script character; the Chinese “ink” gloss is a dictionary translation, not its Chinese reading.
Chinese-like strokes do not make 𗵿 a Chinese character.
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Questions people ask
1Does a box mean 𗵿 is missing?
No. If the text contains 𗵿 but the font lacks its glyph, the box is a display problem; the character can still be present in the text.
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- Tangut character · Xixia script · Tangut ink · be̱
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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