Tangut character 187D2

In Tangut, 𘟒 means “surname”; scholars transcribe its reading as xwe. The script outlasted Western Xia, while “Tangut Ideograph-187D2” is a code-based label, not a translation.

Text symbol

What 𘟒 means

It denotes a person’s family name. Tangut references gloss it as “surname.”

Tangut (also called Xixia) was created around 1036 for the Tangut language. It continued under Yuan and Ming rule after Western Xia fell to the Mongols, becoming obsolete by the Ming dynasty’s end.

Why does Unicode call it 187D2?

That is an inventory label, not a translation. Unicode builds Tangut names from code numbers. Without a Tangut font, the glyph may show as a box or fallback; historical sources also vary in shape.

Historical vocabulary from the Tangut language.

Tangut glyphs resemble Chinese, but the scripts are distinct; do not assign this character a Chinese reading.

Who writes 𘟒

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Questions people ask

Why does 𘟒 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.