What 𗿂 means
It is a Tangut character; its label is not a translation. Unicode charts map it to Li Fanwen’s dictionary entry L2008-3579. That number identifies a record; the word’s sense in a historical passage depends on its surrounding text.
Western Xia ruler Li Yuanhao ordered the Tangut script in 1036 to serve the kingdom and distinguish its culture from Song China. A handwritten page found at Khara-Khoto, probably from the 12th or early 13th century, preserves a sample of the writing. Tangut texts also include Buddhist works, translated Confucian classics, encyclopedias, military writing, and literature.
Tangut adopted some principles from Chinese writing but encoded a different language; Tangut characters are not Chinese characters. Nearby Khitan peoples had developed scripts earlier, placing Tangut in a wider regional history of state writing.
How do I type 𗿂?
A Tangut IME is the practical way to enter it. A Tangut input method editor offers lookup by character, reconstructed reading, or structural components; ordinary keyboards do not offer those lookups.
A box means the font lacks Tangut coverage. Different Tangut fonts may draw its strokes differently without changing the character.
A historical Tangut character for research, cataloguing, or careful typography; outside that context, its word is not self-explanatory.
Don’t call it an ancient Chinese character: Tangut is a distinct script for another language.
Who writes 𗿂
Loading…
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗿂 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.
More like this
8
How to type or find 𗿂
- Search it as
- tangut script · xixia script · xixiawen · tangut keyboard · tangut ime · tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗿂\17FC2Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.