What 𘞽 means
It marks a woman's family name in Tangut.
Tangut writing was created around 1036 for the Western Xia (Xixia) state and remained in use under Yuan and Ming rule. In names, this marker can follow a Tangut surname or a Chinese surname written by sound in Tangut.
Tangut characters may look like Chinese ones, but Tangut is a separate script for the Tangut language.
Historical and specialist: its natural home is Tangut name examples and historical text.
Without Tangut context, its family-name role can be hard to read.
Who writes 𘞽
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘞽 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 𘞽
- Also called
- L0477 · K2588 · źi̭ə̣¹
- Search it as
- Tangut surname marker · Tangut family name · Xixia writing · female Tangut surname
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘞽\187BDCodes and encoding1 code points
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