Tangut character for “to fight”

𗔯 is a Tangut character glossed “to fight.” The Tangut people’s Western Xia state promulgated its script in 1036 for administration, Buddhism, and a distinct identity. Its forms drew on Chinese writing; neighboring Khitan rulers had created two scripts about a century earlier, and manuscripts survive from the late 12th and 13th centuries. Translations of secular works survive; script use outlasted Western Xia and lasted into the mid-Ming dynasty.