What 𘔚 means
Use Unicode input or a Tangut input method.
A Tangut sample input method associated with Miyake uses scholarly reconstructed readings—estimates of how Tangut was pronounced—to offer candidates for 𘔚. Or use an editor's Unicode-hex command and enter U1851A. If the result is a box, the selected font lacks the glyph.
What is 𘔚?
It is a character of the Tangut script, not Chinese writing.
Created about 1036 for the Tangut language, the script soon appeared in Western Xia schools, official documents, and Buddhist translations printed from carved blocks. Western Xia fell in 1227, but Tangut writing continued under Yuan and Ming rule before becoming obsolete. Its square forms reflect a Chinese-influenced design tradition; they do not make it Chinese.
“Tangut Character 1851A” is an inventory label, not a translation. To understand 𘔚 in a Tangut text, look it up in a Tangut dictionary and read it in its word and sentence; the isolated glyph does not show that context.
Specialist and archival in tone; outside Tangut texts, it reads as a reference to the script.
Do not treat the inventory label as a translated word.
Who writes 𘔚
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsThe message gives no word or sentence; it may be a Tangut-script reference or a font test.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
2Is 𘔚 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to Tangut, a script made for the Tangut language. Its square design was influenced by Chinese writing, but the character is not part of Chinese spelling.
Why does 𘔚 show as a box?
The selected font lacks this Tangut glyph. Unicode identifies the character, but a font with Tangut coverage is needed to draw it.
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How to type or find 𘔚
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · 1851a · tangut character · xixia script · tangut script · tangut font · tangut input
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘔚\1851ACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.