What 𘑻 means
It describes living in a place.
The computer label “Tangut Ideograph-1847B” identifies this glyph; it does not translate it. Xixia is another name for the script, which records a language distinct from Chinese.
The Western Xia court commissioned the Tangut script around 1036 as part of building a distinct state. Chinese regular script—the standard, square-stroke handwriting style—shaped its forms, but Tangut characters write Tangut words, not Chinese ones. The script served in official and Buddhist texts and continued after Western Xia fell, into the Yuan and Ming eras.
Who writes 𘑻
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Worth knowing
- The medieval verse Grains of Gold Placed in the Palm served as a handwriting exercise for Tangut students and includes this character.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𘑻 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 𘑻
- Search it as
- xixia · reside
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘑻\1847BCodes and encoding1 code points
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