What 𗺇 means
𗺇 is the Tangut character glossed as “cheek.” A Tangut–Chinese dictionary lists it as entry 3393.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 as part of building the Western Xia state and preparing a Buddhist scripture collection. It drew visual and structural ideas from Chinese writing, but remained a distinct script. Later Tangut writing carried Buddhist, Confucian, military, encyclopedic, and literary works. A manuscript from Khara-Khoto, a ruined town in Inner Mongolia, probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century.
If 𗺇 appears as a box, your font lacks this Tangut character; the missing drawing changes its display, not its identity.
Best used in Tangut studies or with its gloss explained.
A recipient cannot reliably infer “cheek” from 𗺇 alone.
Who writes 𗺇
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗺇 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 𗺇
- Search it as
- 𗺇 meaning · Tangut cheek · Xixia script · Tangut dictionary 3393
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗺇\17E87Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.