Tangut Ideograph-179A0

One Tangut dictionary gives it the verb “to detest.”

Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary links the glyph to entry 2740, which its English index glosses as “to detest.” The Unicode name “Tangut Ideograph-179A0” identifies the encoded character but gives no pronunciation or sentence context.

Where did the Tangut script come from?

It was made for the state and literature of Western Xia.

Historical accounts place the script’s creation around 1036–1037. An official Tangut document from 1072 is an early surviving example. The Western Xia kingdom fell to Mongol armies in 1227, but writing continued: a stone inscription from Baoding dated 1502 shows later use.

The script served official records and Buddhist translations; scriptures printed from carved wooden blocks and monuments carried it into religious life. Its square forms developed in an environment shaped by Chinese writing. The neighboring Khitan peoples used other writing systems, and their influence on Tangut remains debated. Historical texts used vertical columns from right to left; modern scholarly editions may set Tangut left to right.