Tangut Character 180FF

It is a character in the Tangut script.

For Tangut 180FF, the Unicode name “Tangut Ideograph-180FF” is generated from its code: “180FF” is an index, not a pronunciation or translation. A Tangut dictionary or surrounding Tangut text can supply its reading and sense.

Tangut writing was devised around 1036 under the first emperor of the medieval Western Xia kingdom to write the Tangut language; it served official, private, and religious writing. A manuscript catalogued as Zazi Or.12380/1843 (I)—a library identifier—includes 𘃿, showing use but not the character’s first appearance.

Why does 𘃿 look Chinese?

Its square strokes resemble Han characters; Tangut is a separate script.

Tangut, Khitan, and Jurchen were scripts used in neighboring medieval East Asian states. Their historical setting connects them, but their characters are not interchangeable and need different reading references.

After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut continued in religious and literary material during the Yuan and Ming periods. In modern use, it appears in historical-script fonts and research texts rather than carrying a new conversational meaning.