What 𗍠 means
Its exact English meaning is unresolved. As of 2026, Tangut lexicographic records identify 𗍠 but provide no secure English gloss.
The earliest surviving Tangut document is an official dispatch dated 1072. The 12th-century Wénhǎi (“Sea of Writing”), a Tangut dictionary, lists 𗍠 at entry 21.143; that entry records the graph but does not supply an English equivalent.
The Tangut script was disseminated around 1036 under Western Xia ruler Li Yuanhao for state records and translations; Chinese writing remained in use alongside it.
Use 𗍠 as evidence of Tangut writing
After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut writing continued in Buddhist and other texts. A 1502 inscription shows the script outlasted the dynasty. That later history tells us where Tangut was written, not the word represented by 𗍠.
Tangut developed in a writing environment influenced by Chinese. Some scholars also propose influence from Khitan small script, a separate historical script, but that link is debated. Neither script-level connection identifies a matching or related glyph for 𗍠.
Historical and scholarly; outside a Tangut text or discussion, it reads as an unfamiliar script character.
Don’t assign it a guessed Chinese word.
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Questions people ask
1Is 𗍠 Chinese?
No. It is a Tangut character from a separate writing system associated with Western Xia. Tangut developed in a Chinese-influenced setting, but it is not part of Han Chinese writing.
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