What 𘞬 means
It gave Western Xia a writing system for Tangut. During Emperor Li Yuanhao’s reign (1038–1048), Chinese and Tangut accounts connect its creation with Yuqi and Yeli Renrong. Western Xia was a state ruled by Tangut people; its government used the script for records, official documents, teaching, and translations.
The Sea of Writing, a historical Tangut dictionary, lists 𘞬 as head character 20.273 under Rhyme 15. The earliest surviving Tangut text is an official document sent to a military official in Guazhou in 1072. The dictionary index locates this graph; it does not translate it.
Tangut writing continued after Western Xia into the Ming period. It drew on Chinese writing as a model; a possible influence from the neighboring medieval Khitan Small Script remains a scholarly proposal. To identify 𘞬’s word or reading, use a specialist Tangut dictionary or the surrounding text.
𘞬 is a Tangut text character; its shape comes from a font, not emoji artwork.
The code-point label identifies this character; it is not a translation of its Tangut word.
Who writes 𘞬
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘞬 show as a box?
A font without Tangut coverage is the likely cause. The box is a missing-glyph placeholder; the underlying character remains 𘞬.
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How to type or find 𘞬
- Also called
- Xixia character · Western Xia character · Tangut script character
- Search it as
- Tangut script · Xixia writing · Western Xia writing · Sea of Writing · Wenhai · Tangut font · Tangut character · 187AC
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘞬\187ACCodes and encoding1 code points
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