Tangut Character 𗄏

It is a Tangut transcription of the Middle Chinese reading of 旨.

Middle Chinese is an older stage of Chinese known through rhyme dictionaries, books that group characters by pronunciation. Here, 𗄏 represents the historical reading of 旨; it does not translate the meaning of that Chinese character.

Tangut script was created under Western Xia's first emperor about 1036 to write the Tangut language. Its texts included official records, private documents, books, inscriptions, and Buddhist scriptures. The script remained in use during the Yuan and Ming dynasties and was obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. Scholars rediscovered it in the late 19th century and largely deciphered it in the early 20th century.

How do I type 𗄏?

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