What 𗷍 means
Its catalog labels identify the entry; they do not translate the word.
Reference catalogues index 𗷍 as L4493 and L2008-4493; those are lookup IDs, not translations. Tangut writing was created for the Western Xia state in 1036 and served government, schools, and official records. Later it carried Buddhist translations from Chinese and Tibetan. Tangut inscriptions also appear on Buddhist dhāraṇī pillars—stone monuments inscribed with Buddhist formulas—erected in 1502.
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1Why does 𗷍 show as a box?
A box means the fonts available for that text do not contain 𗷍; the character itself is still present in the text.
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How to type or find 𗷍
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- txg · tangut · xixia · western xia · tangut script · xixia script · tangut font · tangut input
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗷍\17DCDCodes and encoding1 code points
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