What 𗽭 means
It means “opening” in a historical Tangut word list.
Its reconstructed Tangut reading is written ²khew₁ in scholarly notation. The Tangut script was created around 1036 under the first Western Xia emperor to write the Tangut language and remained in use into the Yuan and early Ming periods.
This character appears in Homonyms, a Tangut word list. One text it draws on has an end note (a colophon) dated 1188, providing a date for that source—not for the character’s first appearance.
As of 2026, it is a historical Tangut word with no established emoji-reaction meaning.
Don’t send it expecting an emoji reaction.
Who writes 𗽭
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Questions people ask
2Is 𗽭 Chinese or Tangut?
It is Tangut. Tangut and Chinese are separate scripts; visual resemblance between their characters does not make them interchangeable.
Why does 𗽭 show as a square?
Your font may not include Tangut characters. Choose a Tangut-capable font; it may draw the character in regular or cursive style.
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How to type or find 𗽭
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- xixia · tangut · opening · khew · khew1 · tangut font · tangut keyboard · tangut glyph
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗽭\17F6DCodes and encoding1 code points
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