What 𘃛 means
𘃛 is a Tangut character; its number is not a translation. Tangut writing records it in the Golden Light Sutra, a Buddhist scripture. That occurrence shows a historical textual use, but does not give a dependable standalone English equivalent.
Why was Tangut writing created?
It gave the Tangut state a script for its own language. The script was created about 1036 under Western Xia's first emperor. It served official writing as well as religious books, inscriptions, and other texts.
After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut writing continued into the Yuan and Ming dynasties, two Chinese ruling houses. Many surviving texts are Buddhist, placing the scripture occurrence within a broader religious record.
Is 𘃛 Chinese?
No. It belongs to Tangut writing, not Chinese writing. Tangut characters can look like Chinese ideographs, but the scripts are unrelated. In English, Western Xia is also called Xixia. The site's broad catalog grouping does not change which script this character belongs to.
A niche historical-script character; context helps a modern reader recognize it as a reference to Tangut writing.
Its Chinese-like strokes do not make it a Chinese character.
Who writes 𘃛
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘃛 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 𘃛
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- tangut · xixia · western xia · tangut script · xixia script · tangut character · tangut glyph · 180db
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘃛\180DBCodes and encoding1 code points
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