What 𗙄 means
Its label identifies it; it does not translate it.
Tangut Ideograph-17644 is a catalogue identifier, not a dictionary entry. A graphic breakdown can show how 𗙄 is assembled, but the label alone does not give its Tangut word, sound, or an English gloss.
Tangut script was created in 1036, two years before Western Xia formed in 1038. Its forms drew on Chinese and Khitan writing, but it recorded the Tangut language. Manuscripts from the mid-11th through early 13th centuries preserve Buddhist texts, law, administrative documents, dictionaries, and literature. Western Xia fell in 1227; evidence shows Tangut writing still in use around 1502.
Use 𗙄 in Tangut texts or when discussing the Tangut script.
Is 𗙄 Chinese? No. Tangut writing borrowed graphic models from Chinese and Khitan scripts, but records the Tangut language.
Who writes 𗙄
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗙄 appear as a box?
The active font lacks Tangut coverage. A Tangut-capable font can display the character; the box is a font issue.
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𗙄\17644Codes and encoding1 code points
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