Tangut character for boiling

It is a Tangut verb glossed “to boil” or “to cook.”

A verb names an action, not a full thought; the surrounding Tangut words show who is boiling or cooking what.

Why was Tangut written?

It gave Western Xia a script for government and cultural life.

Western Xia, also called Xixia, was a state in what is now northwestern China. Under its first emperor, the Tangut script was created around 1036 for official and cultural work. It appears in government records, books, inscriptions, and Buddhist texts.

The Tangut language was spoken in the region from around the 11th through the 16th century.

After the Mongol conquest, Tangut writing continued under the Yuan and Ming dynasties, then became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. The script was rediscovered in the late 19th century; work in the early 20th century made it largely decipherable.

Why does 𗟞 look different in different fonts?

Historical glyph variants can change its shape across fonts.

Tangut characters have documented glyph variants, and a font without Tangut coverage may show a box instead of a character. The box is a display failure; it does not change the text’s identity.