Tangut Character 17012

Use Unicode entry with U+17012 if your app supports it.

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What does 𗀒 mean?

It belongs to a Tangut term for a Buddhist monk.

The dictionary entry records 𗀒 as the second character in 𗇇𗀒, the Tangut form glossed “Buddhist monk.” Its second element reflects Middle Chinese 尚, an older form of Chinese used in 和尚, a term for a Buddhist monk. The historical link does not make the two characters interchangeable.

Tangut script was created around 1036 under the rulers of Western Xia for state writing and Buddhist translations. Its designs drew on Chinese characters and the neighboring Khitan writing tradition, but Tangut was a distinct script. A dated record from Guazhou in 1070/1071 may be the earliest known surviving example; later manuscripts include Buddhist and secular works.