What 𗙠 means
Li Fanwen’s dictionary glosses it as “swallow.”
The English word can name a bird or the act of swallowing, so that brief gloss does not settle a passage’s sense.
An index pairs it with reconstructed reading rjijr: a scholarly pronunciation guide, not a translation.
Is 𗙠 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to Tangut, a distinct script.
Ordered in 1036, it served state correspondence and a planned Buddhist canon, while marking Western Xia as distinct from Song China. Its design drew inspiration from Chinese writing; its creation followed the example of neighboring Khitan scripts.
Tangut texts include official records, sutras, translated classics, military works and literature. Buddhist books continued after Western Xia fell in 1227, into the Yuan period.
Who writes 𗙠
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗙠 show as a box?
A box means your current font cannot draw 𗙠. Switch to one with Tangut coverage; Tangut Yinchuan is an option.
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How to type or find 𗙠
- Search it as
- xixia · swallow · rjijr
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗙠\17660Codes and encoding1 code points
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