What 𘍚 means
Its English gloss is “hot pepper.”
The Unicode label “TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-1835A” identifies this glyph; it does not translate the word.
Wén Hǎi (“Sea of Writing”) is a Tangut dictionary arranged by rhyme; it files the character at 11.112 under Rhyme 5.
Is 𘍚 Chinese?
No. It belongs to the Tangut script.
Tangut script drew on Chinese writing principles but was a distinct system for writing the Tangut language.
Created around 1036 under Western Xia’s first emperor, it served official records, Buddhist translations, and other books. After the state fell, Tangut writing continued in the Yuan and Ming periods before becoming obsolete.
Who writes 𘍚
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘍚 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 𘍚
- Search it as
- 1835A · U+1835A · 𘍚 · Tangut · hot pepper · Wenhai
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘍚\1835ACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.