What 𗺍 means
It points to a long, narrow piece of furniture. The Tangut dictionary entry L2008-4036 is glossed in English as “an old-fashioned long, narrow table or desk”; the Unicode chart follows that entry.
Western Xia, a state, commissioned Tangut writing under imperial decree for official and cultural use. Surviving late twelfth- and thirteenth-century sources are mostly Buddhist, while Qara-Qoto collections preserve later material. That history is the setting for reading Tangut manuscripts and dictionaries.
Why is 𗺍 sometimes glossed “to pull”?
The “to pull” reading belongs to a separate source trail. A 2019 Unicode working paper assigns the glyph to a type-B Tangut entry glossed “to pull” and links it in a six-character chain to 𗩳. The same paper gives 𗺍𗩳 with the gloss “pull.” The dictionary trail says furniture; when reading a historical passage, follow the edition or dictionary that identifies its source.
In a modern message it signals Tangut study, historical quotation, or font work; the character alone does not identify which reading is intended.
Without source context, do not choose between “table” and “pull.”
Who writes 𗺍
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗺍 show as a box?
The active font lacks Tangut glyphs. A Tangut-capable font can display the character; the missing shape does not change the text.
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How to type or find 𗺍
- Also called
- L4036 · L2008-4036 · Tangut 4036
- Search it as
- Tangut table · Tangut desk · Tangut pull · Xixia script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗺍\17E8DCodes and encoding1 code points
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