What 𘋈 means
A ground rat.
Tangut was the language of the Western Xia kingdom in northwestern China. Its square script drew visual ideas from Chinese writing but served a separate language.
Li Yuanhao ordered the script in 1036 to support the state and translate Buddhist scriptures into Tangut. Tangut rulers followed the example of the Khitan, a neighboring people with scripts of their own. Surviving Tangut books also include secular works translated from Chinese.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𘋈 show as a box?
It usually means the active font lacks Tangut glyphs. 𘋈 is text drawn by a font, not emoji artwork; switch to a font with Tangut coverage.
How to type 𘋈
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 182C8, then Alt+X to get 𘋈.
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-182c8”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 182c8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘋈CSS
\182C8Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘋈
HTML hex
𘋈
CSS content
content: "\182C8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%8B%88
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.