What 𗦍 means
“Oak” is the best-supported gloss, but the reading is unsettled.
Li Fanwen’s catalog links 𗦍 to entry 3693, whose Chinese gloss is 櫟 (“oak”); another dictionary table marks that entry with a question mark.
A Khara-Khoto manuscript with Tangut writing dates to the 12th or early 13th century. The script served the Tangut language, state records and law, Buddhist texts, and translations from Chinese.
Its script identity is clear; its dictionary gloss is not.
Do not identify it as Chinese from its structure alone.
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1Why does 𗦍 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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