Tangut character 181D2

A reconstruction places it in a Tangut word translated as “love.”

In a 2024 GX transcription system, 𘇒 appears in the Tangut word rvwai̱r¹, translated as “love”; a Tangut dictionary gives the reconstructed reading śjɨj. These are scholarly spellings from different reconstruction systems. The translation belongs to the whole word, not automatically to the character alone.

Tangut script was created around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor. It gave the kingdom a state script distinct from Song China and was used for a Tangut translation of the Buddhist canon. Its design drew on Chinese writing principles and earlier Khitan script-building while remaining a distinct script. The 12th-century Wenhai, a Tangut rhyme dictionary, lists this glyph. After Western Xia fell, Tangut writing continued under Yuan and Ming rule in Buddhist, Confucian, military, reference, and literary works.

Why does 𘇒 show as a box?

The font may not contain Tangut characters.

A browser needs a font with Tangut coverage to display 𘇒. Without one, it may show an empty box. The character’s identity stays the same even when different fonts draw it differently.

Different drawings can reflect font design; they do not make the encoded character a different Tangut character.