What 𘝎 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses it as “dangerous.”
Tangut characters can resemble Chinese characters in their strokes, but Tangut is a separate writing system for a different language.
Created around 1036 for the Western Xia state, Tangut was used in government, schools, books, and Buddhist translations. A surviving manuscript from Khara-Khoto, probably from the 12th or early 13th century, shows the script in use. Tangut writing continued after the Western Xia state fell. The dictionary gloss is a historical word, not a warning aimed at the person reading it.
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Who writes 𘝎
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Questions people ask
1Why is 𘝎 a box?
That usually means the font you're using lacks a Tangut glyph. Switch to a font with Tangut support; the character itself remains 𘝎.
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- 𘝎 · Tangut danger · dangerous in Tangut · Xixia · 西夏
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𘝎\1874ECodes and encoding1 code points
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