What 𗐆 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses 𗐆 as “you.”
A scholarly reconstruction writes its reading in the notation tśjọ¹.
Why was Tangut writing created?
To mark a distinct state and translate Buddhist texts.
In 1036, the Tangut court commissioned the script. Its visual principles drew on Chinese writing; the neighboring Khitan people offered a precedent for a state-backed script.
Surviving texts include Buddhist and secular translations, Confucian works, encyclopedias, military treatises and literature. One surviving manuscript is probably from the 12th or early 13th century.
Who writes 𗐆
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗐆 show as a box?
It is a font issue: a device whose active font lacks Tangut font support may show 𗐆 as a missing-glyph box; that does not change the character.
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How to type or find 𗐆
- Search it as
- Tangut pronoun · Tangut for you · Xixia · tśjọ
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗐆\17406Codes and encoding1 code points
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