What 𗺛 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses it as a kind of grass.
The gloss gives no exact species.
Why did Xixia use Tangut writing?
It gave Tangut a state script and marked autonomy.
Chinese histories credit different creators: the Song history names ruler Yuanhao, while the Liao history names his father Deming. Yuanhao's court put the script into official use in 1036. The script used Chinese-style square forms to write Tangut; 𗺛 is not a Chinese character.
After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut writing continued in Buddhist texts; a stone inscription dated 1502 is a later example.
Who writes 𗺛
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𗺛 show as a box?
A box usually means the current font or its fallback has no drawing for this character. Use a font that supports Tangut.
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How to type or find 𗺛
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- xixia · grass
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗺛\17E9BCodes and encoding1 code points
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