What 𘅇 means
It marks negation before another Tangut character.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 under the first emperor of Western Xia, a kingdom in what is now northwestern China, to write the Tangut language. Its earliest transmitted example is dated 1072. It was used in official, private, and religious writing, including books, Buddhist sutras, inscriptions, and manuscripts. This character is recorded in Sea of Writing, a Tangut dictionary.
Why is 𘅇 listed as negative and respectful?
Two Tangut forms were once grouped under one encoded character.
One was the negative prefix; the other was a respectful form. Following a Unicode review in 2019, Unicode 13.0 encoded the respectful form separately as 𘴆 and kept 𘅇 for negation. Older references may therefore describe 𘅇 as respectful as well as negative.
A specialist character found in historical Tangut texts, dictionaries, and script research.
If a source gives a respectful reading, check whether it means 𘴆.
Who writes 𘅇
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA negative prefix: “no,” “not,” “do not,” or “without.”
Combination ideas
1Questions people ask
2Is 𘅇 a Chinese character?
No. 𘅇 belongs to Tangut, a distinct script used to write the Tangut language. Its square, stroke-based design is siniform, but that does not make it a Chinese character.
Will 𘅇 display everywhere?
No. A font without Tangut coverage can show an empty box or replacement glyph. The underlying text can still contain the same character.
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How to type or find 𘅇
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- Tangut negation · Tangut negative prefix · Xixia negative character · 𘅇 negative · Tangut respectful form
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘅇\18147Codes and encoding1 code points
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