What 𘊥 means
It needs a Tangut dictionary entry or surrounding text for a reading. The Tangut script wrote the Tangut language, drawing on character-building ideas also used in Chinese writing while remaining a separate system. It served government, translation, and Buddhist texts. Tangut Buddhist works survived the Western Xia state’s fall in 1227; the script was created in 1036.
The code-point label 182A5 identifies the encoded character. An index to the 2008 Tangut-Chinese dictionary lists 𘊥 under L3915, a lookup reference rather than a translation. A font without Tangut glyphs may show a blank box; the encoded character is unchanged.
Part of collections
Who writes 𘊥
Loading…
Related characters
1
Questions people ask
1Why does 𘊥 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
More like this
8
How to type or find 𘊥
- Search it as
- 182a5 · l3915 · xixia · western xia tangut · tangut writing · tangut script · tangut ideograph · western xia character · chinese looking character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘊥\182A5Why is 𘊥 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.