Tangut Ideograph-1780F

It is the Tangut character glossed “throat.” Unicode links 𗠏 to entry 4608 in Li Fanwen’s Tangut dictionary; the English index gives “throat” as its gloss.

The Tangut script was created for the Tangut language under the first emperor of Western Xia around 1036 CE. It served government and a Tangut translation of the Buddhist Canon, the collection of Buddhist scriptures, and distinguished the kingdom’s writing from that of Song China.

Surviving Tangut books include official, private, and religious writing, including translations from Chinese and Tibetan. The script continued through the Yuan and Ming dynasties and was obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.

Why does 𗠏 look Chinese?

Tangut borrowed Chinese writing conventions, but it is a separate script. It was created for the Tangut language; a similar style does not make 𗠏 a Chinese character.

Tangut state-builders also followed the Khitan precedent: the Khitan had created their own script earlier. Historical Tangut was written top to bottom in columns running right to left; modern scholarly writing generally runs left to right.

Should I use 𗠏 in a message?

Use it when the reader expects Tangut text. In a quotation or research discussion, its “throat” gloss may be understood from context; in casual chat, add a plain-language explanation. Seen alone, it reads as specialist writing, not as a message with an obvious meaning.