Tangut ideograph 173F2

It is one Tangut character; its exact word meaning needs context.

The scholarly Tangut reading of 𗏲 is reconstructed as phej² in an index to Li Fanwen's Tangut dictionary, where it is entry L2489. That notation estimates pronunciation; it is not a translation. The entry alone does not establish the character's word-level meaning.

Tangut script was made for the Tangut language. Though it can look like Chinese writing, it is a separate script. For code-based input, HTML accepts 𗏲, JavaScript accepts \u{173F2}, and Python accepts \U000173F2.

How did Tangut writing develop?

Tangut writing was created for the Tangut language under Western Xia rule.

The script took shape under the first Western Xia emperor around 1036 as a written form for Tangut, a Tibeto-Burman language.

Surviving material includes government and private writing, Buddhist scripture, books, inscriptions, and manuscripts. After Western Xia fell, Tangut writing continued into the Yuan and Ming periods before becoming obsolete.

Why does 𗏲 look different across fonts?

Its encoded identity can stay the same while fonts draw it differently.

Tangut source glyphs vary, and Unicode encodes some variants as one character. Fonts can therefore draw 𗏲 differently; a box usually means the selected font lacks Tangut coverage.