What 𗒞 means
It means “vegetable” in Tangut.
Tangut was a historical language of northwestern China. Scholars reconstruct this word’s reading as ²na'₁. The Tangut script, also called Xixia, was visually inspired by Chinese characters but is a separate script for a different language.
The script was created under Western Xia’s first emperor about 1036 to strengthen the state and produce a Tangut edition of the Buddhist canon, a collection of scriptures. A manuscript found at Khara-Khoto in Inner Mongolia probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century; other finds there include Buddhist works, Chinese translations, classics, encyclopedias, military treatises, and literature. Tangut writing continued through the Yuan and Ming dynasties and became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Why does 𗒞 appear in food words?
Its compounds name specific foods.
A Tangut dictionary glosses 𗆶𗒞 as “turnip greens.” In 𗫅, the top and left parts of 𗒞 help form a character for a type of root vegetable.
Historical and specialist: it points to the Tangut language, its writing, or the study of its texts.
Tangut writing was inspired visually by Chinese characters, but it is a separate script.
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