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𘎅

tangut ideograph-18385

Tangut “listen” character

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𘎅 means “to listen” in Tangut, the extinct language and script of the Western Xia state. It is a historical text character, not an emoji, and needs a font with Tangut coverage to display.

Text symbol

What 𘎅 means

It means “to listen” in Tangut.

Tangut rulers began developing the script in 1036 under Li Yuanhao for government, correspondence, and Buddhist translation. Its design drew on Chinese visual and character-building principles, but it belongs to a different language and writing system. Tangut works include Buddhist translations, classics, encyclopedias, military texts, and literature.

Historical and specialist; it belongs in discussion of Tangut writing.

Is 𘎅 Chinese? No. Chinese writing influenced Tangut design, but this character belongs to Tangut.

Who writes 𘎅

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𘎅 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.

How to type or find 𘎅

Search it as
Tangut listen · Xixia listen · Tangut writing · 𘎅 meaning
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 18385, then AltX to get 𘎅.
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-18385”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 18385, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘎅
CSS
\18385
How to display 𘎅
Without a font that supports Tangut, it may appear as a missing-glyph box.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘎅
HTML hex
𘎅
CSS content
content: "\18385";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%8E%85
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.

Families this belongs to

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