What 𘟄 means
Its contexts are known; its exact word meaning is not.
The glyph appears in reconstructed Tangut personal names and loan-contract records. Those settings show how it was used in writing, but do not secure a precise one-word gloss.
Why was the Tangut script created?
For Western Xia state-building and Buddhist-text work.
The script was created in 1036 for state-building in Western Xia and Buddhist-text work. Tangut writing also carried secular and legal texts. A surviving manuscript example likely dates to the 12th or early 13th century.
Historical and scholarly; use it when quoting Tangut text or discussing the script.
Who writes 𘟄
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘟄 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 𘟄
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𘟄\187C4Codes and encoding1 code points
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