What 𗮲 means
Fry food in a little oil without stirring.
A Tangut dictionary glosses this exact glyph with that cooking sense. The numbered Unicode label identifies the encoded character; it is not a translation of the Tangut word.
Why was Tangut script created?
It was a state script for writing the Tangut language.
Western Xia emperor Li Yuanhao ordered its creation in 1036. The script supported a Tangut Buddhist Canon and a political identity distinct from neighboring Song China. Tangut followed Khitan neighbors who had commissioned state scripts about a century earlier; its characters were inspired by Chinese writing principles but did not descend from Han characters.
A Tangut manuscript found at Khara-khoto probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century. Tangut writing appears in Buddhist scriptures, books, inscriptions, manuscripts, and translations from Chinese and Tibetan. It continued during the Yuan and Ming dynasties after the Mongol conquest and had become obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. This is the script's timeline, not a first date for 𗮲.
How do I type 𗮲?
Use an editor that accepts Tangut or Unicode code-point input.
Enter U17BB2 in a code-point-aware editor. A Tangut dictionary or input tool can also help locate the entry by its character, meaning, or sound.
Typing and display are separate: a font needs Tangut glyphs to show it. Historical sources preserve variant Tangut glyph shapes, and software without a suitable font may show a missing-glyph box.
Historical and specialist; the cooking sense is lexical, not self-explanatory from the glyph.
For a real cooking instruction, add the action in a language the reader knows.
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Questions people ask
2Is 𗮲 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to Tangut, the script for the Tangut language. Tangut character forms were inspired by Chinese writing, but this is not a Han character.
Why does 𗮲 show as a box?
Your font may lack Tangut glyphs. The character can still be present in the text, while software without a Tangut-capable font displays a missing-glyph box.
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- Tangut · Xixia · Tangut character · Tangut cooking · Tangut fry · shallow-frying · fry without stirring · U+17BB2
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗮲\17BB2Codes and encoding1 code points
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