What 𘎛 means
Li Fanwen’s 2008 Tangut dictionary gives “target” as its English gloss.
The Western Xia state created Tangut writing in 1036 for government use. Its design drew visual inspiration from Chinese writing, but Tangut was a separate script.
Tangut writing also recorded Buddhist scripture, translations from Chinese and Tibetan, and secular books.
Historical writing, not a ready-made chat reaction.
Alone, it may not communicate the dictionary sense “target.”
Who writes 𘎛
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Worth knowing
- As of 2026, Tangut Yinchuan covers the full Unicode Tangut set; BabelStone Tangut Wenhai covers about half.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𘎛 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 𘎛
- Search it as
- 𘎛 meaning · Tangut target character · Tangut script · Western Xia script · Tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𘎛CSS
\1839BCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘎛
HTML hex
𘎛
CSS content
content: "\1839B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%8E%9B
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.