Tangut Ideograph-17DD3

It is a Tangut character glossed as “a transliteration.” In plain terms, that points to writing a sound or name from another language in Tangut. A Tangut dictionary index links 𗷓 to entry 6053 and gives that gloss.

Tangut writing was put into use in 1036 for the Western Xia state, a medieval kingdom in northwestern China. Its forms drew on Chinese and Khitan writing traditions, while the script recorded the distinct Tangut language. It served official records and Buddhist translations, as well as Confucian, military, legal, and literary works.

The earliest transmitted Tangut document known is an official military document dated 1072. Tangut texts continued after the Western Xia state fell in 1227, including later Buddhist texts.

How to type 𗷓?

Use a Tangut input method or dictionary lookup. RIME is a customizable input-method framework; Tangut tools can accept scholarly reconstructed readings written in Latin letters, strokes, Four Corner codes, or dictionary files. The Latin letters encode reconstructed Tangut readings; they are not an English spelling of 𗷓.

Input and display are separate. If an app lacks font coverage for Tangut, the character can remain valid Unicode text but appear as an empty box. Fonts that support Tangut may draw the same character in different styles; the box points to a display issue, not a changed character.