What 𘆶 means
It means the edge of a knife in Tangut.
Tangut was used in the Western Xia kingdom. Around 1036, the court developed the script for administration, state identity and Buddhist translations.
The earliest known Tangut document is an official military letter from 1072. Manuscripts and printing continued after Western Xia fell. Tangut script drew on Chinese models and had historical links to the earlier Khitan script; this does not prove that 𘆶 itself came from a Chinese character.
What does 𘆶 mean when sent alone?
Alone, it reads as an obscure Tangut character.
Without a reader of Tangut or more context, a standalone send does not reliably communicate “knife edge.”
Who writes 𘆶
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘆶 show as a box?
A missing-glyph box means the browser or app has no Tangut font available. The text may still contain 𘆶.
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How to type or find 𘆶
- Also called
- LFW 1823
- Search it as
- xixia · knife · edge · lfw
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘆶\181B6Codes and encoding1 code points
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