What 𘈞 means
In Tangut, 𘈞 means “dream.” Tangut was the language of the Western Xia kingdom. Modern scholarship transcribes its reconstructed reading as mme¹; older work writes mjiij¹.
Li Yuanhao, ruler of Western Xia, ordered the Tangut script in 1036 for state-building, including a Tangut Buddhist scripture collection and a distinct political identity.
How did Tangut writing outlast Western Xia?
Tangut writing continued after the kingdom fell.
An official document from 1072 and a stone inscription from 1094 are early surviving records. Tangut texts covered Buddhist and Confucian works, military and literary writing, and Chinese translations. Use continued after Western Xia fell in 1227; an inscription from 1502 records later writing. The script drew on Chinese writing principles and a Khitan precedent.
Why does 𘈞 show as a box?
Your font may not include Tangut characters. A box is a missing-glyph placeholder; a font needs Tangut coverage to display this character.
Historical and specialist: it belongs in Tangut texts or discussion of the script.
Without Tangut context, readers may not recognize its meaning.
Who writes 𘈞
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘈞 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.
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- Tangut dream · dream · mme · mjiij · Xixia
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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