Tangut Character 17B94

Use a Tangut input method with candidate selection.

The method can locate 𗮔 by component or code. If the character appears as an empty square, the text may still contain it; the device or fallback font lacks Tangut coverage. Supported fonts can also draw it in different styles.

What does 𗮔 mean in a Tangut text?

𗮔 is a character in the Tangut script, created by imperial decree around 1036 to write the Tangut language. The script served official and cultural writing in the Western Xia state. It was modeled on Chinese writing, but Tangut and Chinese are separate scripts; Chinese readings do not transfer. Its strokes are not pictures whose meaning can simply be read off.

A Tangut text from the Western Xia period includes 𗮔 in the title of a Buddhist collection by three generations of teachers in the White Cloud Sect. It was printed with movable type, reusable pieces arranged to form text. The title is translated “Collected Writings of the Shining Speech of Three Generations.” This attests the character in that title; it does not establish “shining” as a standalone gloss. The script’s documented use continued until 1502.