What 𗫛 means
It is glossed as “to fill in.” Li Fanwen’s Tangut–Chinese dictionary maps 𗫛 to entry 3675 and gives that brief gloss.
The gloss is a starting point, not a complete translation: the surrounding Tangut sentence is needed to see how the word works.
How did the Tangut script develop?
Tangut writing was created around 1036. It gave the Western Xia, a Tangut-ruled state, its own written tradition and was used to translate Buddhist texts.
The script followed Chinese writing principles without being derived from Chinese; Khitan scripts were another precedent. Tangut writing carried Buddhist, classical, and secular works. Manuscripts discovered at Khara-Khoto in 1908–1909 helped scholars decipher it. Use continued through the Yuan and Ming periods before the script became obsolete.
A character from a historical script, suited to Tangut texts and historical-language study.
Chinese literacy alone will not decode 𗫛; Tangut is a distinct script.
Who writes 𗫛
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗫛 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 𗫛
- Search it as
- tangut · 𗫛 · 17adb · xixia · fill in · tangut character · tangut dictionary
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗫛\17ADBCodes and encoding1 code points
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