What 𗼪 means
Its exact meaning needs context; its shape alone cannot give a gloss. 𗼪 belongs to Tangut writing, also called Xixia script. Tangut and Chinese are separate scripts that look similar but cannot be read as one another.
Tangut writing was a state project launched in 1036 under Emperor Li Yuanhao. It served Western Xia records, translations, Buddhist texts, and a cultural identity distinct from China under the Song dynasty. A Tangut manuscript leaf from the former city of Khara-Khoto probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century.
Tangut writing also appeared in works on Confucian teachings, military affairs, and literature. After the Western Xia state fell, people kept using it in Buddhist settings. Its system followed Chinese writing principles and may have been influenced by Khitan writing, another regional script; neither connection makes 𗼪 Chinese.
Without Tangut text or language context, it reads as an unidentified character from a historical script.
Chinese-looking strokes do not make 𗼪 a Chinese character.
Who writes 𗼪
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗼪 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 𗼪
- Also called
- Tangut character · Tangut ideograph · Xixia character
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · western-xia · tangut-script · tangut-font · tangut-keyboard · 17f2a
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗼪\17F2ACodes and encoding1 code points
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