What 𘒊 means
It is a Tangut character; its Unicode label is not a translation. The Tangut script was created in the 11th century for the Tangut language of the Western Xia state. Its square forms were modeled on Chinese and Khitan writing, used for another language in the region, but they record Tangut, not Chinese. Tangut writing served state and legal records as well as Buddhist translations.
Unicode gives Tangut characters systematic labels based on their code points, not translated words. After Western Xia fell, Tangut continued in later religious and other texts; the latest known inscription dates to 1502. A modern listing places this character at II-458c in Nevsky’s Tangut dictionary. That is a lookup position, not a gloss; use the surrounding passage or a Tangut lexicon to learn its meaning.
How can I display 𘒊?
Use code-point-aware input and a Tangut-capable font. Enter U1848A in a code-point-aware input tool. A font without Tangut coverage may show a missing-glyph box; a supporting font displays the character as text.
Historical and specialist: using it places a message in Tangut-script context.
Its Chinese-influenced square forms do not make it a Chinese character.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘒊 show as a box?
Font support. A font without Tangut coverage may show this text character as a missing-glyph box; choose a font that includes Tangut.
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How to type or find 𘒊
- Also called
- Xixia character · Tangut glyph
- Search it as
- Tangut character · Tangut script · U+1848A · II-458c · Nevsky dictionary
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘒊\1848ACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.