What 𘃖 means
It means “fountainhead,” the source of a spring.
The medieval Sea of Writings, a Tangut dictionary dated 1124–1131, records this gloss.
The Tangut script was introduced in 1036 for Western Xia’s official and cultural needs. It remained in Yuan and Ming texts before becoming obsolete; the character’s recorded gloss stayed the same.
Historical Tangut text.
𘋵 means “vulture”; 𘃖 means “fountainhead.”
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘃖 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𘃖
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- Tangut fountainhead · spring source · Xixia script · Tangut vulture
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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𘃖CSS
\180D6Tangut input
To type a rare Tangut character, use a Tangut stroke-code or phonetic input method; a font with Tangut support is needed to display it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘃖
HTML hex
𘃖
CSS content
content: "\180D6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%83%96
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.