Tangut Ideograph 17033

In Tangut, 𗀳 is glossed “to pass through.” Li Fanwen’s dictionary of Tangut characters indexes it as L2008-1952 under that gloss; Unicode’s numbered label identifies the code point, not the word’s meaning.

The Western Xia ruler ordered the Tangut script in 1036 for state-building, Buddhist canon-making (assembling a collection of sacred texts), and a distinct Tangut identity. The script followed the example of an earlier script used by the Khitan people and drew on Chinese writing principles, but it was not derived from Chinese script. This glyph appears in a Tangut translation of a Chinese text in a manuscript found at the ruins of Khara-Khoto; the manuscript probably dates from the 12th or early 13th century. Other surviving Tangut works include secular books.