What 𘘈 means
It is glossed “sound of clamping the teeth.”
The Unicode label is an identifier, not a Tangut translation.
Why does Tangut look like Chinese?
It writes Tangut in forms modeled on Chinese writing.
Western Xia commissioned it around 1036–1037 for state records and translations; the script also marked a distinct political identity. Its earliest surviving official document dates to 1072.
Tangut writing continued after Western Xia fell in 1227, including on a Buddhist inscription dated 1502. Khitan influence on the design remains debated.
Who writes 𘘈
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘘈 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 𘘈
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · clamping · teeth
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘘈\18608Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.