What 𘍓 means
A Tangut dictionary gives it the gloss “prison.” Entry 5154 in Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary—a reference work pairing Tangut entries with Chinese glosses—maps to this character. Its reconstructed reading is recorded in scholarly romanization as khjwɨ. “Ideograph-18353” is an assigned label, not a translated word.
Developed around 1036 CE under Western Xia (Xixia) rule, Tangut writing served a state project for government and Buddhist text translation. Its design drew on Chinese writing and neighboring Khitan scripts, but Tangut remained a separate system, not Chinese writing. A Tangut manuscript from the ruins of Khara-khoto probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century. After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut still appeared in texts under the Yuan and Ming dynasties; the script became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
A font without Tangut coverage may display a missing-glyph box instead of this character.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘍓 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.
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How to type or find 𘍓
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- Tangut prison · Xixia script · khjwɨ · 5154
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘍓\18353Codes and encoding1 code points
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