What 𘆻 means
It’s a Tangut character; its Unicode name identifies it, not its meaning. The Tangut script wrote the Tangut language. It emerged about 1036 under the first emperor of Western Xia, a state in northwestern China. Official schools taught it, government records used it, and Buddhist works were translated and printed in it.
The Unicode structural analysis places 𘆳 on the left of 𘆻. Tangut Unicode names are formed from code-point numbers, so “Tangut Ideograph-181BB” is an identifier, not a Tangut reading or English gloss. To know what 𘆻 means in a text, consult a Tangut dictionary or the surrounding words.
After Western Xia fell, Tangut writing continued under the Yuan and Ming dynasties; the latest known inscription is dated 1502. The Tangut script shows influence from Chinese and Khitan writing, yet remains a distinct script.
Why does 𘆻 show as a box?
Your font probably lacks Tangut support. If it appears as a box, the selected font probably lacks Tangut coverage; the text can still contain 𘆻. In an app that lets you change fonts, choose one with Tangut coverage.
Tangut fonts can differ slightly in stroke shape. Some forms in historical sources are treated as glyph variants of one encoded character; other close forms are encoded separately when the distinction matters. A changed stroke alone does not prove you have a different character.
Use it in a Tangut or Western Xia context; its encoded label alone does not supply its word meaning.
Don’t treat the Unicode label as a Chinese gloss.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𘆻 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.
How to type 𘆻
𘆻\181BBCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.