What 𘇻 means
𘇻 is a Tangut kinship word meaning “brother.”
The Tangut reading mju is a scholarly reconstruction. A Tangut household register—a record of families and residents—uses 𘇻 for a woman's brothers; “maternal uncle” is another gloss. In that record, “brother” is the clearest short translation.
The Tangut script was created under the first Western Xia emperor around 1036 for state-building, Buddhist-canon work, and a written identity distinct from Song China. It remained in Buddhist, official, and private documents after Western Xia fell. As of 2026, readers encounter Tangut chiefly in historical records and scholarly dictionaries.
Why can 𘇻 appear as a blank box?
Your font may not include Tangut glyphs.
Unicode encodes 𘇻 as one character, but Tangut fonts can draw its form differently. Choose a font that includes Tangut; a blank box means the renderer has no glyph to show. It does not give the character a different reading.
A historical Tangut word encountered in records and scholarly references.
“Tangut Character 181FB” identifies the character; it is not an English translation.
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Who writes 𘇻
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings“Brother”; the word refers to her brothers.
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1Can 𘇻 appear as a blank box?
Yes. Your app's font may lack Tangut coverage; the encoded character is still present, but the font has no glyph to draw.
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How to type or find 𘇻
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- Tangut 181FB meaning · Tangut mju · Tangut brother character · Tangut maternal uncle · Xixia script · Tangut component 343 · type Tangut 181FB · Tangut font box
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘇻\181FBCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.