What 𗇒 means
It counts bound bundles, especially grass, hay, or forage.
This Tangut bundle classifier is a counting word: the verb meaning “to bind” also came to count what was tied up. The 12th-century Tangut dictionaries Wenhai and Tongyin record 𗇒; Western Xia, the Tangut state, used it in tax rules for hay bundles.
Tangut writing was created in 1036 for Western Xia state-building, including official records and Buddhist translations. It drew on Chinese writing and earlier government scripts used by the Khitan, another historical people, but it is distinct: 𗇒 is Tangut, not a Chinese character.
Who writes 𗇒
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗇒 appear as a square?
The square means the selected font lacks a Tangut glyph for it; the text can still contain 𗇒.
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How to type or find 𗇒
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- śja · sja · bundle · hay · forage · grass · classifier · bind
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𗇒\171D2Codes and encoding1 code points
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