What 𗳑 means
It is a Tangut character whose record gives a sound clue.
In Pearl in the Palm, a Chinese–Tangut glossary from the Xixia state (1190), 𗳑 is a sound clue for Chinese 墨 (“ink” in Mandarin). Scholars reconstruct its Tangut syllable as bẹ; another system writes mbẹi.
Why was the Tangut script created?
The state made it for official and cultural life.
The court ordered the script in 1036, likely for a Tangut Buddhist canon and state identity. It drew on Chinese methods but was not derived from Chinese; Khitan neighbors had developed scripts earlier. Tangut books covered Buddhist and secular works, while surviving material after the state fell in 1227 is mostly Buddhist.
Who writes 𗳑
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗳑 show as a box?
Your font may lack Tangut support. Choose one that includes these characters; the box is a font issue, not a variant.
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How to type or find 𗳑
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𗳑\17CD1Codes and encoding1 code points
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