What 𘃺 means
Its shape is not a picture clue to its Tangut word.
Unicode's name is a code-based label, not a translation. Western Xia emperor Li Yuanhao introduced the script around 1036 to support a distinct state identity and a Tangut Buddhist canon. Chinese writing influenced its look, and neighboring Khitan scripts were an earlier regional precedent; Tangut remained a separate writing system.
After Western Xia fell to the Mongols in 1227, Tangut writing continued under Yuan and Ming rule in Buddhist books, official records, and translations. This glyph appears in a damaged British Library Buddhist manuscript with Tibetan sound notes; a scholarly reading is mjɨ̱. Tangut manuscripts can use differing glyph forms, so one font's drawing is not the only historical shape.
Who writes 𘃺
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘃺 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 𘃺
- Search it as
- xixia · tangut script · western xia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘃺\180FACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.