What 𗽇 means
Its gloss is “fork”; in a Buddhist name, it writes a syllable.
A Tangut dictionary lists the reconstructed reading ¹chha₂ alongside the Chinese gloss 岔, meaning a fork, branch, or divergence.
The Buddhist phrase 𘅞𗌚𘁂𗽇 names a wrathful Yakṣa, a supernatural being in Buddhist traditions. Its final character 𗽇 supplies the Tangut syllable corresponding to 叉 in Chinese 藥叉, the Chinese spelling of the name Yakṣa.
What happened to Tangut script after 1227?
Tangut writing outlived Western Xia, especially in Buddhist texts.
The Tangut script was promulgated in 1036 for writing Tangut, the language of Western Xia. Ruler Li Yuanhao ordered court adviser Yeli Renrong to prepare handwriting models for it.
After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut remained in use during the Yuan and Ming dynasties, chiefly in Buddhist writing. It had become obsolete by the end of the Ming.
Historical and scholarly: this character belongs in Tangut texts, quotations, and specialist discussion.
Do not apply the “fork” gloss to the Buddhist name; there 𗽇 supplies a syllable.
Who writes 𗽇
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsReconstructed Tangut reading ¹chha₂, glossed with 岔, “fork” or “branch.”
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1Is 𗽇 a Chinese character?
No. 𗽇 belongs to Tangut, a separate writing system for the Tangut language. Its square forms resemble Chinese ideographs, but resemblance does not make it a Chinese character.
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How to type or find 𗽇
- Also called
- Xixia character · Western Xia character
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- Tangut script · Xixia script · xixiawen · chha2 · Yakṣa · Tangut input method
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𗽇\17F47Codes and encoding1 code points
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