What 𘅡 means
It heads Rhyme 39 in the Wén Hǎi.
The Wén Hǎi (“Sea of Writing”) is a Tangut rhyme dictionary: it sorts syllables by rhyme. Here, 𘅡 labels a sound group, not another word meaning.
Western Xia (Xixia) promoted Tangut as a state script in 1036 to write its language and mark political identity. Its characters use Chinese-style forms but write Tangut, not Chinese. The earliest surviving document dates to 1072; Buddhist texts kept Tangut writing in use after the state fell in 1227.
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Who writes 𘅡
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Questions people ask
1Can 𘅡 show as a box?
It can if your font lacks Tangut coverage. Choose one that includes Tangut characters; the glyph itself stays the same.
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How to type or find 𘅡
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- xixia writing · proof · tangut character · tangut script · chinese looking character
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘅡\18161Why is 𘅡 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.