Tangut Ideograph-185FF

The Unicode label names a code point, not the Tangut word.

Unicode builds Tangut character labels from the script name and code point, so Tangut Ideograph-185FF does not reveal this glyph's Tangut word, pronunciation, or English gloss. A dictionary entry or the sentence around it can supply that meaning.

Tangut characters use a Chinese-influenced square form and developed alongside the medieval Khitan and Jurchen scripts. The Western Xia script was created around 1036 under the state's first emperor for its own language. It served government, education, inscriptions, and Buddhist texts. Tangut writing continued after Western Xia fell in 1227; the latest known examples are dated 1502.

How can I type 𘗿?

Use Unicode input or a Tangut IME.

In a Unicode-aware tool, enter the hexadecimal value 185FF or U+185FF; ordinary keyboards have no dedicated key for this historical character.

Should I send 𘗿 by itself?

Add a gloss or the source passage.

A reader who cannot read Tangut cannot recover this character's word or intended sense from the isolated glyph. Pair it with a dictionary gloss, a clearly labeled reconstructed pronunciation, or the surrounding text.

In current scholarly editions, Tangut may be printed horizontally from left to right; historical texts ran vertically, with columns ordered right to left. The direction changes the page layout, not this character's identity.