What 𘆲 means
It means “fat” or “not thin” in Tangut.
Its scholarly romanization is ¹tshwu₁. The character appears as entry 6.261 in the Sea of Writing, a Tangut dictionary from the mid-12th century.
Western Xia ordered a distinct writing system for its official language in 1036. The script was modeled partly on Chinese and Khitan writing, and served government, Buddhist texts, and Chinese classics. The latest-known Tangut inscription is dated 1502.
A historical Tangut character from the Western Xia writing tradition.
Tangut was a distinct language; Chinese influence on its script does not make this Chinese.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘆲 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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- Tangut · Western Xia · Xixia · tshwu · fat · Sea of Writing · U+181B2
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘆲\181B2Codes and encoding1 code points
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