What 𘀙 means
It is a Tangut word glossed “clear.” Its scholarly reconstructed reading is written bjo. The glyph represents a word in Tangut, an older language with its own script; “clear” is an English gloss, not a picture or an automatic message to someone who cannot read Tangut.
The Tangut script was developed for the Tangut language under the first emperor of Western Xia, a medieval state, around 1036. It served official, private, and religious writing: books, Buddhist sutras (teaching texts), inscriptions, and manuscripts. After Western Xia fell, Tangut writing continued in Yuan and Ming materials before becoming obsolete.
How do I type 𘀙?
Use a Tangut lookup tool or an input method that supports it. Tangut input tools offer character lookup, component lookup, or input based on scholarly reconstructed readings. Some phonetic Tangut methods accept the romanized reconstruction bjo; the keystrokes depend on the method.
A Chinese pinyin keyboard enters Chinese, not Tangut. Choose an input method that explicitly supports Tangut.
Why does 𘀙 appear as a box?
A blank square usually means the font cannot draw Tangut. The character may be present in the text even when the active font lacks it. Tangut-capable options include Noto Serif Tangut, Tangut Yinchuan, and BabelStone Tangut fonts; changing fonts changes the on-screen shape, not the character.
In a message, it reads as historical Tangut text unless the recipient knows the script; the glyph alone does not carry the English gloss “clear.”
Do not send it expecting a reader who cannot read Tangut to understand “clear.”
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Questions people ask
1Is 𘀙 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to Tangut, a separate language and writing system; “clear” is an English gloss for its Tangut word.
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