What 𘛊 means
It is a Tangut character; scholars reconstruct its reading as ¹ka₂. That notation approximates the spoken syllable “ka”; it is a sound label, not a translation.
Tangut writing took shape around 1036 as a Western Xia state-building project for government and Buddhist texts. After Western Xia fell, it continued under Yuan and Ming rule before becoming obsolete. Also called Xixia script, it drew on Chinese written forms and developed alongside Khitan scripts, yet remained distinct. Unicode groups some shape variants as one character, so typefaces can draw it differently.
Historical and scholarly; it fits material about Tangut writing.
¹ka₂ is a reconstructed sound, not a translation.
Who writes 𘛊
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘛊 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 𘛊
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- 𘛊 · tangut · tangut script · xixia · xixia script · tangut character · tangut ka
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘛊\186CACodes and encoding1 code points
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