What 𘎶 means
It is a Tangut character with a tentative gloss: “crooked finger; lame.” Specialists reconstruct its reading as kwə², a scholarly notation for an estimated Tangut pronunciation.
Tangut (Xixia) is a historical script for a language distinct from Chinese. Its characters can look similar to Chinese ones, but the two writing systems are not interchangeable.
Why is the gloss tentative?
The dictionary tradition supports the reading more clearly than a precise gloss. Tangut dictionaries preserve a reconstructed reading, while the English equivalent remains approximate.
Tangut script was introduced in 1036 for state correspondence. In 1038, a committee began translating Buddhist sutras, religious teaching texts, into Tangut. Western Xia (Xixia) fell in 1227, but Tangut writing continued in Buddhist contexts; the latest known examples are dated 1502.
How does 𘎶 relate to other Tangut characters?
A component can help build a character without carrying its whole gloss. One Tangut analysis describes 𗬶 as using the right-hand part of 𘎶 and the left-hand part of 𘑀. This structural link does not make their glosses interchangeable.
Specialist and archival: suited to Tangut study, historical texts, or deliberate visual obscurity.
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Who writes 𘎶
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsIts role depends on the surrounding words; the dictionary gloss alone cannot translate the sentence.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𘎶 show as a box?
Your font may lack Tangut coverage. As of 2026, Noto Serif Tangut is a dedicated Tangut font; a box means the font cannot display the character, not that it is a different character.
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How to type or find 𘎶
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- tangut · xixia · kwə² · kwy · crooked finger · lame · trample · wenhai
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘎶\183B6Codes and encoding1 code points
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