What 𘇫 means
The assigned name identifies the character; Tangut context gives its reading.
Tangut writing was created in 1036 under Western Xia rule for government and Buddhist translation, including the Buddhist canon. It was also used for legal, Confucian, military, literary, and religious works. A manuscript from Khara-Khoto probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century.
𘇫 is listed as an entry character in the Sea of Writing, a Tangut dictionary. That entry is a place to look up the character; its assigned name is not a translation.
Is 𘇫 Chinese or Tangut?
It's Tangut, not Chinese; surrounding text supplies its reading.
Tangut's visual design drew on Chinese writing, and Western Xia's use of it followed earlier Khitan state scripts. That connects writing traditions; it does not make 𘇫 a Chinese character or an interchangeable substitute for one.
If someone sends 𘇫 alone, the character's name will not tell you the intended word. Ask for the surrounding Tangut text or the source it came from.
Tone: a historical writing-system character, most informative in Tangut text or a dictionary entry.
Don't guess its word from the strokes; check the Tangut text or dictionary.
Who writes 𘇫
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘇫 show as a box?
The active font may not include Tangut characters. Use a font with Tangut coverage; the encoded character remains the same.
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How to type or find 𘇫
- Search it as
- 𘇫 · Tangut · Western Xia script · Xixia script · 西夏文 · Tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘇫\181EBCodes and encoding1 code points
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