What 𘎾 means
The lexical gloss is “to destroy.”
Li Fanwen’s 2008 dictionary numbering gives the adopted mapping 5686, glossed “to destroy.” Tangut was created around 1036 under Western Xia to write its language; it continued under Yuan and Ming rule until becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Use it in Tangut text, not as a general destruction sign. The character depends on font support: without a Tangut-capable font, it may appear as a missing-glyph box.
Who writes 𘎾
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Related characters
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Worth knowing
- Older tables disagree: a 2010 Unicode proposal gives 5751, while the adopted chart gives 5686; Li Fanwen glosses them “to divide” and “to destroy.”
Questions people ask
1Why does 𘎾 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 𘎾
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · tangut script · tangut character · destroy · 183be
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𘎾CSS
\183BECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘎾
HTML hex
𘎾
CSS content
content: "\183BE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%8E%BE
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.