What 𗻶 means
It means “calamity” or “disaster” in Tangut.
The reconstructed Tangut reading is written ²hoq₁ in scholarly notation; it represents an estimated historical pronunciation.
A manuscript vocabulary list places 𗻶 before 𗲩, “to curse.” Together, the glosses suggest “to curse with calamity,” but that combined reading is marked unattested.
Is 𗻶 Chinese?
No. It belongs to the Tangut script, a separate writing system.
The Tangut script was created under Western Xia’s first emperor around 1036 for official and cultural writing. It continued in later texts before falling out of use. Its characters resemble Chinese writing, but the scripts are distinct.
Historical and scholarly in context.
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Who writes 𗻶
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1Why does 𗻶 show as a box?
Usually, the app lacks a Tangut-capable font. In 2025, documentation noted that some mobile apps might not display pasted Tangut text.
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How to type or find 𗻶
- Search it as
- hoq · calamity · disaster · curse · Tangut script · Xixia script
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗻶\17EF6Codes and encoding1 code points
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