What 𗬯 means
Its dictionary gloss is “to listen.”
Li Fanwen’s 2008 Tangut-Chinese Dictionary links 𗬯 to entry 2317; that entry is indexed as “to listen,” with the reconstructed reading kwə. This is a scholarly reconstruction of an extinct language, not a modern chat pronunciation.
In a historical text, the surrounding Tangut grammar determines how the verb functions.
Where did Tangut writing come from?
It was designed for Tangut state and cultural life.
Under ruler Li Yuanhao, the script was formally introduced in 1036 as a state writing system for Tangut. Tangut writing served government, law, Buddhist translation and literature.
After Western Xia fell, Tangut writing continued in Buddhist inscriptions; the latest known inscription dates to 1502. Its use had shifted from state documents and books to later religious monuments.
Historical and specialist, with a dictionary gloss and reconstructed reading.
Do not assume the Unicode name translates the character.
Worth knowing
- Tangut dictionaries do not share one universal sort order: modern references use different radical-and-stroke systems, so a dictionary index can be more useful than visual browsing.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𗬯 look different in different fonts?
It can. Tangut source traditions preserve variant glyph shapes, and Unicode notes that modern stroke order is reconstructed by analogy; a font can reflect a different scholarly or historical style.
How to type 𗬯
𗬯\17B2FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.