What 𘆵 means
No; it belongs to the full Tangut term.
Here the phrase corresponds to Chinese 苾刍尼, a phonetic spelling of Sanskrit bhikṣuṇī; the nun meaning belongs to the full phrase, not 𘆵 alone.
When did Tangut writing begin?
It was introduced around 1036, after possible earlier development.
Some scholars trace development to Li Deming, an earlier Xixia ruler; the earliest securely dated Tangut document is the 1069 or 1070 Record of the Guazhou Trial. The script wrote Tangut, drew on Chinese forms, outlasted Xixia, then fell out of use by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Who writes 𘆵
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘆵 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 𘆵
- Search it as
- xixia · xixia script · western xia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘆵\181B5Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.