What 𗱱 means
In Tangut, 𗱱 means “to repay a debt.” Scholars reconstruct its reading in scholarly notation as tsha²; a Tangut manuscript study gives the Chinese gloss 還債, “repay a debt.”
The Tangut writing system was created for the Tangut language under the Western Xia state. It appears in government records, teaching materials, and Buddhist translations.
Researchers link Tangut script design to Chinese writing; the extent of Khitan influence remains debated. Khitan was another historical script used in the region. The earliest surviving Tangut document is an official text sent to a military official in Guazhou in 1072; this dates the document, not the first known use of 𗱱.
How do I enter or display 𗱱?
Use a Unicode-aware character picker. For typing 𗱱, select U17C71 in an editor’s Unicode picker or character map that supports Tangut.
Historical and lexical; outside Tangut texts or study, its meaning needs context.
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Questions people ask
1Is 𗱱 a Chinese character?
No. It belongs to Tangut writing, which was used for the Tangut language. Chinese writing influenced the script, but the documented gloss for this character is a Tangut word meaning “repay a debt.”
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𗱱\17C71Codes and encoding1 code points
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