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𘉔

tangut ideograph-18254

Tangut character 18254

𘉔 is a Tangut verb glossed “to knit.” Western Xia used its writing system for government and Buddhist texts. Without a Tangut font, it may appear as a box.

Text symbol

What 𘉔 means

Its recorded Tangut sense is “to knit.”

The script was introduced around 1036 for the Western Xia (Xixia) state. Emperor Li Yuanhao is credited with ordering it, and scholar Yeli Renrong with developing it. It served administration and Buddhist translation.

A candidate for the earliest dated Tangut text is from 1070/1071. After Western Xia fell, Tangut remained in religious texts and inscriptions. A 1502 inscription is among the latest known examples. Chinese and Khitan traditions influenced the script.

Who writes 𘉔

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Questions people ask

Why does 𘉔 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 or find 𘉔

Search it as: Tangut script · Xixia script · Western Xia writing · Tangut knitting
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 18254, then AltX to get 𘉔.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “tangut ideograph-18254”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 18254, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𘉔

CSS

\18254

Unicode character picker

Use a Unicode character picker that searches by name or code point, or select it with a Tangut-capable input method.

Older Tangut fonts

Before Unicode encoded Tangut, some fonts mapped its glyphs into Chinese, Japanese and Korean code points; changing fonts could show other characters.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𘉔

HTML hex

𘉔

CSS content

content: "\18254";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%98%89%94

On screen

Code points

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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