What 𘓱 means
The recorded meaning is “swallow,” the bird. The documented Tangut word 𘓱𗾕 has the same meaning.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 for official correspondence in the Western Xia state and for Buddhist translation. After the state fell, Tangut writing continued in official, private, and religious records before falling out of use.
Historical-literary register: read it as Tangut text; its recorded meaning is “swallow.”
If it appears as an empty box, the font may lack Tangut glyphs; the character itself is unchanged.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘓱 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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𘓱\184F1Codes and encoding1 code points
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