What 𘜘 means
It is glossed as “to get” or “to acquire” in Tangut.
A reference dictionary matching Tangut characters with Chinese entries indexes this character as L1599 and gives the reconstructed reading rjir. The attested phrase 𘜘𗟻𗦇 translates as “one should cause (them) to obtain,” supporting “obtain” as a clear plain-English gloss.
Tangut script was developed around 1036 for the Western Xia state. It served administration and religious publishing, including Buddhist texts, and remained in use into the Yuan and Ming periods after the state fell.
Why does 𘜘 look Chinese?
It belongs to a Chinese-influenced script for the Tangut language.
Tangut is the language this script records. Its square strokes reflect Chinese influence, but their resemblance does not make the character Chinese or reveal its Tangut reading.
Unicode groups some historically variant Tangut glyphs under one encoded character. A Tangut-capable font may therefore draw 𘜘 differently while displaying the same character.
Who writes 𘜘
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1Why does 𘜘 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 𘜘
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- Tangut character · Tangut script · rjir · L1599 · Tangut get · Xixia · Tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘜘\18718Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.