What 𗪟 means
One Buddhist passage glosses 𗪟 as “beginning” or “start.”
That is one historical gloss, not a fixed meaning. The surrounding Tangut words determine how the line reads. One structural description breaks 𗪟 into three components arranged side by side; that describes its written form, not three separate words.
Is 𗪟 Chinese or Tangut?
It belongs to Tangut script, which writes the Tangut language.
By c. 1036, the Western Xia state in northwestern China had developed and put Tangut writing to use. Schools taught it; officials used it for state records and diplomatic documents, sometimes alongside Chinese. Its forms were influenced by Chinese writing traditions, but Tangut is a separate script and language.
Books, inscriptions, and block prints carried Buddhist texts in Tangut. Religious communities kept using the script after Western Xia fell. Buddhist prayer pillars at Baoding dated 1502 show this later religious use.
Historical and scholarly; one passage gives a gloss, but the lone character leaves the sentence’s meaning open.
Do not translate a lone 𗪟 as “beginning” or “start” without its sentence.
Who writes 𗪟
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsOne passage gives it the sense “beginning” or “start”; the surrounding Tangut words shape the line.
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2Questions people ask
1Why does 𗪟 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 𗪟
- Also called
- Tangut character · Tangut ideograph · Xixia character
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- Tangut character meaning · Tangut script · 𗪟 meaning
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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