What 𘍕 means
Its dictionary entry is glossed “a surname.” Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary assigns that gloss to the entry indexed to this character.
Tangut script was developed around 1036 under the Western Xia court for official and cultural writing. Buddhist translations, manuscripts, inscriptions, and printed books preserve its use; Yuan period texts show Tangut writing continuing after the state fell.
Is 𘍕 Chinese?
No; it is Tangut writing, shaped by Chinese character design. Tangut characters use square forms built from components, but they write the Tangut language. That makes 𘍕 a Tangut character, not a Chinese reading.
Historical and technical: useful in Tangut scholarship or typesetting, but not broadly understood in chat.
Without a Tangut-capable font, a reader may see a missing-glyph box.
Drift: In 2025, Unicode approved a revised reference glyph after an incorrect component was identified in the earlier design.
Who writes 𘍕
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Questions people ask
1Why is 𘍕 a box?
Your font may lack Tangut coverage, so it displays a missing-glyph box. Choose a font that supports Tangut characters.
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How to type or find 𘍕
- Search it as
- surname · lfw6058 · xixia · tangut font · tangut 18355 · tofu
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘍕\18355Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.