Tangut character 187F5

Its exact meaning is unresolved; one passage hints at a ghost-related word. The 2017 encoding proposal records 𘟵 once, on folio 22A, column 3, in a printed collection of writings by Buddhist masters of the White Cloud Sect. It infers cautiously from the character’s components and its position immediately after 𗢛, glossed “ghost,” that it may name a kind of ghost. This is a context clue, not a dictionary translation.

The broader Tangut script, also called Xixia writing after the Western Xia state, was commissioned in 1036 as part of state-building. It drew on Chinese writing principles and neighboring Khitan script models, while remaining a distinct system. Scholars connect it with translating Buddhist texts and expressing Tangut identity. Tangut Buddhist and printed works continued after Western Xia fell, so the script’s history outlasts the state.

What does 𘟵 mean in a message?

It has no shared, fixed meaning in chat.

As of 2026, no settled chat convention is documented for 𘟵. A sender may be pointing to Tangut writing; if they call it “ghost,” the single manuscript clue supports only a possibility, not a direct translation.