What 𗷂 means
Its dictionary meaning is soft textile fiber.
A Tangut–Chinese dictionary uses 緜 as the Chinese gloss and separately records a reconstructed Tangut reading. The gloss gives the meaning; the reconstruction gives the sound.
The earliest known surviving example is an official Guazhou document dated 1072; Tangut writing continued into the Ming period. The characters resemble Chinese writing but record another language. Possible Khitan influence is debated.
A Tangut word preserved in historical texts.
緜 is the Chinese gloss, not the Tangut character’s Chinese pronunciation.
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Who writes 𗷂
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗷂 show as a box?
Your current font lacks this Tangut glyph. A Tangut-capable font can render 𗷂; the box is a font-coverage issue.
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𗷂\17DC2Codes and encoding1 code points
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