What 𘉵 means
It is a Tangut sign for transliteration.
Li Fanwen’s dictionary gives its reading as tśiwa. A 2024 sound reconstruction uses tś for a sound close to the “ch” in “cheese,” so “chee-wah” is a rough English guide. Here, transliteration means writing another language’s sounds or words in Tangut script.
The earliest creation account places Tangut writing under Western Xia emperor Li Yuanhao’s 1038–1048 reign, with official Yeli Renrong overseeing it. The state used the script for records and translations and as a marker of Tangut identity. It remained in use into the Ming dynasty after Western Xia fell. A script-level connection to Khitan writing is debated; 𘉵 itself is not a Chinese character.
Specialist historical writing; a standalone message may be unreadable without Tangut context.
As of 2026, it has no standard emoji meaning; a font without Tangut support may show a box.
Who writes 𘉵
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘉵 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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How to type or find 𘉵
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- 𘉵 · tśiwa · Tangut · Tangut transliteration · Xixia · Western Xia · Tangut script
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘉵\18275Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.