What 𘌷 means
The best-supported reading is “head.”
A linguistic reconstruction—a scholarly proposal for interpreting the historical language—uses this exact sign with that gloss.
The Tangut script was created to write the Tangut language and used in the Western Xia (Xixia) kingdom from about the 11th through 16th centuries.
Is 𘌷 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to the Tangut script.
Chinese character writing influenced the design of the Tangut script, but this specific sign is Tangut, not Chinese.
Who writes 𘌷
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘌷 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 𘌷
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · head
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𘌷CSS
\18337Display
Tangut font support determines whether 𘌷 renders; use a font with Tangut glyph coverage.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘌷
HTML hex
𘌷
CSS content
content: "\18337";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%8C%B7
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.