What 𗱑 means
In Tangut, 𗱑 means “burnt.”
A Tangut dictionary gives this English gloss; the surrounding sentence supplies the context for its exact translation.
Why was the Tangut script created?
It gave Western Xia a written form of Tangut.
The first emperor of Western Xia, Li Yuanhao, ordered the script’s creation around 1036 as part of building the state. One likely aim was to create a collection of Buddhist scriptures in Tangut; another was to give the state a distinct written identity from the neighboring Song dynasty in China.
Khitan neighbors had created two scripts about a century earlier, a precedent the Tanguts followed. Chinese writing influenced Tangut visually and in how its characters were composed, but Tangut was a separate script. It carried Buddhist texts and translations of Chinese works. After Western Xia fell to the Mongols, Tangut remained in use during the Yuan and Ming dynasties and had become obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.
Archival and scholarly; in a Tangut text, it reads as a word.
Who writes 𗱑
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Questions people ask
2Can 𗱑 look different across fonts?
Yes. Tangut source texts preserve variant glyph shapes, so fonts can render different documented forms of the same character.
Why is 𗱑 a box?
Usually, the font or app lacks Tangut support. A font with Tangut coverage can display the character.
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