Tangut Character 175BD

Li Fanwen’s Tangut dictionary glosses it as “upright.”

The index reconstructs its Tangut reading as *thew¹, a scholarly notation rather than a modern speaker’s pronunciation. The Wén Hǎi, a 12th-century rhyme dictionary, lists it at entry 9.221.

Tangut writing was created in the 11th century for Western Xia state-building and Buddhist translation. It drew on Chinese and Khitan traditions while serving a distinct Tangut identity; surviving works include law, military writing, and literature.