What 𗸓 means
Its Unicode label identifies the character; it does not translate it.
One scholarly reconstruction writes the Tangut reading of 𗸓 as ndwə¹. Roughly, say n then d, glide into w as in “we,” and finish with a short neutral vowel, like the first sound in “about.” The superscript ¹ belongs to the notation; it is not another sound. This is a reconstructed pronunciation, not an English gloss.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor for the Tangut language. Western Xia was a Tangut-led state in what is now northwestern China. Tangut’s design drew on Chinese and Khitan writing traditions; Khitan was another regional script, but Tangut remained distinct, so 𗸓 is not a Chinese character. The script served official records and Buddhist translations and remained in legal and religious texts after the Mongol conquest. As of 2026, the latest datable Tangut inscriptions known are on a pair of Buddhist pillars from 1502.
Historical and scholarly; use 𗸓 in Tangut texts or when discussing the Tangut script.
Its Chinese-and-Khitan-influenced shape may look familiar; 𗸓 is Tangut, not a Chinese character.
Who writes 𗸓
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Worth knowing
- The Sea of Writing, a Tangut dictionary arranged by rhyme, indexes 𗸓 at 87.242.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗸓 show as a box?
Most likely, your current font lacks Tangut coverage. A Tangut-capable font can render the same character.
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How to type or find 𗸓
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · ndwə · wenhai · tangut keyboard · tangut input · tangut font · tangut reading
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗸓\17E13Codes and encoding1 code points
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