What 𗳙 means
Tangut dictionaries gloss 𗳙 as “father.” Scholars reconstruct its Tangut pronunciation as *ka¹, roughly “kah”; the asterisk marks an inferred form. Wénhǎi, a Tangut dictionary whose title means “Sea of Writing,” records it.
The Tangut script was created under Western Xia’s first emperor, ruler of a Tangut kingdom, around 1036 to write the Tangut language. It served official, private, and religious writing, including Buddhist sutras, books, inscriptions, and manuscripts.
Historical and scholarly: this character belongs in discussion of the Tangut language, texts, or script.
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1Why does 𗳙 appear as a box?
The font in use may lack Tangut coverage; then some software displays a box or blank instead.
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