What 𘟫 means
It means “sword” or “weapon” in Tangut.
Under Western Xia ruler Li Yuanhao, Tangut was created in 1036 for government, Buddhist texts, and translations.
Is the Tangut sword character Chinese?
No. It belongs to a separate writing system.
Tangut design drew on Chinese writing and the Khitan script, another regional writing system. Those influences do not make 𘟫 a Chinese character.
Historical and scholarly: it belongs in Tangut texts, manuscript editions, or typography.
It means “sword”; it does not depict a blade.
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Who writes 𘟫
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘟫 show as a box?
It can: the font may lack Tangut glyphs. Choose a font with Tangut coverage.
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How to type or find 𘟫
- Search it as
- sword · weapon · Tangut · Xixia · Western Xia
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𘟫CSS
\187EBHTML
Use
𘟫; the selected font still needs Tangut glyph coverage.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘟫
HTML hex
𘟫
CSS content
content: "\187EB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%9F%AB
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.