What 𘁆 means
𘁆 is the Tangut character for “elephant.” The Tangut script was established for the Western Xia state in 1036 to express state identity and write Buddhist texts. Its creation followed neighboring Khitan script projects and Chinese writing principles; surviving books include Chinese and Tibetan translations.
Historical and scholarly, not conversational.
Use a gloss: the elephant meaning is not obvious from the glyph alone.
Who writes 𘁆
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘁆 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 𘁆
- Search it as
- Tangut · elephant · Xixia · Xixiawen
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𘁆CSS
\18046BabelPad
BabelPad includes Tangut stroke-code input; there is no standard keyboard key for this character.
Missing-glyph box
A box means the selected font or app cannot display this Tangut character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘁆
HTML hex
𘁆
CSS content
content: "\18046";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%81%86
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.