What 𘁿 means
It means “stirrup” in Tangut. Scholars reconstruct its reading as kwi, like the start of “queen.”
In 1036, Li Yuanhao commissioned Tangut writing for Western Xia, supporting state-building and a written culture distinct from Song China. It also served a Tangut Buddhist canon.
Khara-khoto manuscripts and printed books date to the 11th–13th centuries. The site's 1908 discovery gave modern scholars material to identify Tangut texts.
Using 𘁿 signals specialist interest in Tangut or Unicode; it reads as reference material, not routine chat.
Who writes 𘁿
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘁿 show as a box?
A box means the font lacks this Tangut glyph; it does not change its meaning.
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How to type or find 𘁿
- Search it as
- stirrup · Tangut · Xixia · kwi
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𘁿CSS
\1807FCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘁿
HTML hex
𘁿
CSS content
content: "\1807F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%81%BF
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On screen
1
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.