What 𘴅 means
It is the Tangut verb “to jump” or “to leap.”
Unicode 13.0 separated 𘴅 (“jump”) from 𘄹 (“brush” or “whisk”). Modern dictionaries printed them alike, but manuscripts distinguish them by a component. Before Unicode 13.0, digital text could use 𘄹 for either word, so context helps.
Li Yuanhao commissioned Tangut writing around 1036 for Western Xia state-building and a distinct identity; a Buddhist canon was one aim. Its forms drew on Chinese writing but made a separate script. Khitan scripts appeared about a century older and may have been a model; scholars debate direct influence. The earliest dated surviving text is a 1072 dispatch to a military inspector. Tangut writing served official records and books, and lasted after Western Xia fell in 1227 into the Ming period.
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1Why does 𘴅 show as a box on some devices?
It is recent: Unicode added it in version 13.0 (2020), and phones and computers whose fonts are older than that have nothing to draw it with. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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𘴅\18D05Why is 𘴅 a box on my screen?
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A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.