Tangut character 17C18

The number identifies the character; it is not a translation.

𗰘 is one written unit in Tangut, an independent script used by the Tangut people. Unicode’s label identifies its code point but does not supply a Tangut word or reading. Li Fanwen’s 2008 dictionary indexes this entry as 1480; the number helps locate it, not translate it.

The script was promulgated in 1036 under Tangut emperor Li Yuanhao. It served state and cultural work, including Buddhist texts, and also gave the Tangut state a written identity distinct from Song China.

How did Tangut writing develop after the state fell?

Tangut texts continued after the state ended.

After the Tangut state fell in 1227, people still produced Buddhist and other Tangut texts. The surviving literature includes translations from Chinese and Tibetan, Confucian and military works, encyclopedias, literature and practical manuals; the passage around 𗰘 gives a word its reading.

Tangut writing drew on Chinese forms but remained a separate system. It belongs to a regional period when neighboring powers such as the Khitan also developed scripts; that connection is between writing traditions, not evidence that this exact character comes from a Chinese or Khitan one.