What 𘛓 means
Its dictionary gloss is “to disobey.”
The Unicode chart links this glyph to entry 5830 in Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary. Tangut was distinct from Chinese writing; Khitan and Jurchen were separate script traditions in medieval East Asia.
Historical and scholarly; best suited to reference or study of Tangut texts.
Its dictionary gloss does not make it a reliable message cue.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𘛓 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 𘛓
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 186D3, then Alt+X to get 𘛓.
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-186d3”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 186d3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘛓CSS
\186D3Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘛓
HTML hex
𘛓
CSS content
content: "\186D3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%9B%93
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.