What 𘉰 means
It is a Tangut character glossed as “scar.”
A dictionary gloss is a brief word-level translation, not a full sentence; the surrounding Tangut text matters when translating a line.
Tangut writing was created in 1036 for the Western Xia state, ruled by the Tangut. It wrote the Tangut language, and Chinese and Khitan writing traditions influenced its design. Surviving material includes Buddhist translations, laws, and state records. The earliest transmitted document identified by modern scholarship is an official record dated 1072. An inscription from 1502 shows the script was still used after Western Xia fell.
Scholarly and archival: expect it in Tangut texts, dictionaries, or discussions of the script.
The gloss “scar” is a word-level guide; it cannot translate a whole passage on its own.
Who writes 𘉰
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘉰 show as a box or look different?
A box means the active font setup has no glyph for this Tangut character. A 2014 Unicode glyph study records variant shapes in Tangut source texts, so font outlines can differ even when the encoded character is the same. Choose a font with Tangut coverage.
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How to type or find 𘉰
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- Tangut scar · meaning of 𘉰 · Tangut component · Tangut character input
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘉰\18270U+18270 in a character picker or \U00018270 in a Python string.𘉰 or 𘉰.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.