What 𗾐 means
It means “a surname” in written Tangut. Scholars reconstruct its reading and write it in Latin letters as lhjwị¹.
A Tangut reference work from the mid-12th century, the Sea of Characters, glosses 𗾐 as “a surname.” Its analysis links the left part to 𗿊 (“body”) and the middle part to 𗏥 (“a surname”); these are construction notes, not extra meanings.
An imperial decree established Tangut writing in 1036 for official and cultural work in Western Xia, also called Xixia.
Historical and scholarly, not conversational.
Why does 𗾐 show as a box? Your font or app lacks Tangut support; this is Tangut writing, not Chinese-language text or emoji.
Who writes 𗾐
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗾐 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 𗾐
- Search it as
- Tangut surname character · Tangut surname · Xixia script · lhjwị · lhjwi · 17f90
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗾐\17F90Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.