What 𗾆 means
It is a Tangut character glossed “waist.”
The Tangut script was created in 1036 for the Western Xia state. It served state writing, Buddhist scripture, and translations from Chinese and Tibetan, and continued in use after the state fell.
Are other Tangut characters connected to 𗾆?
Yes: the links are by meaning, construction, and pairing.
𘗴 shares the gloss “waist.” 𗾝 uses 𗾆 within a character glossed “to hang.” Unicode’s Tangut unification data records 𗃐 as a corresponding form to 𗾆.
Read it in a message as Tangut writing; “waist” is its gloss, not necessarily the message’s whole point.
Who writes 𗾆
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗾆 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 𗾆
- Search it as
- waist · Tangut · Xixia · dźjiw · 𗾆
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗾆\17F86Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.