What 𗣗 means
It means “to do.” 𗣗 writes a verb in Tangut, the historical language of the Western Xia state.
Scholars write its reconstructed Tangut reading in Latin letters as zjịj (also zjij). A surviving manuscript adds a Tibetan pronunciation note, ཟེ, conventionally transliterated ze; it is another way to record the sound, not another meaning.
Tangut can look like Chinese because Tangut writing was modeled on Chinese characters, but this is a Tangut character writing a Tangut word.
If 𗣗 appears as a box, the active font may lack Tangut coverage; a font with Tangut support is needed to show its strokes.
When did Tangut writing begin?
Around 1036, for the Western Xia state. The script was used in government and schools, and for translating and printing Buddhist texts.
Tangut writing continued in religious and administrative texts after Western Xia fell in 1227; an inscription from 1502 is among the latest known examples. The neighboring Khitan scripts offer a regional comparison: rulers backed distinct writing systems for their languages, shaped by the wider Chinese script tradition.
A historical Tangut verb known through dictionaries and manuscript notes.
Its Chinese-like shape belongs to the Tangut script and writes a Tangut word.
Who writes 𗣗
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗣗 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𗣗
- Also called
- zjij · zjịj
- Search it as
- 𗣗 meaning · Tangut verb do · Tangut word do · Xixia script · Western Xia writing
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗣗\178D7Codes and encoding1 code points
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