What 𗐝 means
It means “butter” in Tangut. This is a word from the language used by Western Xia.
When did Tangut writing begin?
Tangut writing began around 1036 CE. The Tangut-ruled Western Xia kingdom used it for official, religious, and cultural writing. Its square characters resemble Chinese forms but write Tangut, a separate language. A manuscript from Khara-Khoto, a ruined Tangut city, dates to the 12th or early 13th century; writing continued into the Ming period.
Historical and specialist: 𗐝 is a word from Western Xia’s Tangut script.
Who writes 𗐝
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗐝 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𗐝
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- butter · Tangut butter · ghew · Tangut · Western Xia · Tangut script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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