What 𘁶 means
It is a Tangut character; the number is an inventory label, not a gloss.
The Tangut script, also called Xixia, was made to write the Tangut language. A code-point name records a Unicode number, not a dictionary gloss; a Tangut text or dictionary entry is needed to establish a word-level reading.
Created around 1036 under the first ruler of Western Xia, the script served official and cultural needs in a state in what is now northwestern China. Its square forms follow Chinese writing conventions but belong to a distinct script. After the Mongol conquest, it continued to be used through the Yuan and Ming dynasties, becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. Surviving books, Buddhist sutras, inscriptions and manuscripts preserve it for study today.
Historical writing; read in the context of Tangut texts.
The number in the Unicode name is not a translation.
Who writes 𘁶
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘁶 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 𘁶
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- Tangut character meaning · Xixia script · Tangut script · Tangut font
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘁶\18076Codes and encoding1 code points
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