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𘛃

tangut ideograph-186c3

Tangut Seat Character

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𘛃 is the Tangut (Xixia) character for seat. In 1036, Western Xia commissioned Tangut writing for state-building, Buddhist translation, and identity distinct from Song China. Its design drew on Chinese writing, and Western Xia followed a Khitan precedent in adopting a separate script; Tangut writing cannot be read as Chinese. Tangut books included Chinese classics, military works, and literature; writing continued after Western Xia fell, through 1502.

Text symbol

What 𘛃 means

No. Its strokes are not a sketch of a seat.

Scholars reconstruct its Tangut pronunciation as lu̱². Tangut characters do not depict the words they write, so this meaning comes from the language record rather than a visual resemblance.

Who writes 𘛃

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𘛃 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.

How to type or find 𘛃

Search it as
seat · xixia · lu
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 186C3, then AltX to get 𘛃.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “tangut ideograph-186c3”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 186c3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘛃
CSS
\186C3
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘛃
HTML hex
𘛃
CSS content
content: "\186C3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%9B%83
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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