Tangut character for barnyard grass

𗻜 means “barnyard grass” in Tangut. Tangut, distinct from Chinese, was written in a square script created around 1036 for the Western Xia (Xixia) state; the earliest surviving example is an official document from 1072. The script served government records and Buddhist translations. It continued after Western Xia fell and became obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. Tangut glyphs resemble Chinese characters but write Tangut, not Chinese.