Tangut character 𗽣

It is glossed as “to pull out” in a Tangut dictionary.

Li Fanwen’s 2008 Tangut-Chinese dictionary pairs it with Chinese 拔 and gives its modern reconstructed reading as *ljow² in scholarly transcription. 拔 supplies the meaning; it is not the Tangut character or its pronunciation.

Why was the Tangut script created?

It served Western Xia state culture and Buddhist writing.

The Tangut writing system was created about 1036 under the first emperor of Western Xia. Its purposes included official culture, a native Buddhist canon, and a distinct identity from Song China. It drew on Chinese writing’s structure but remained a separate script.

After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut writing continued into later imperial periods. Surviving material includes official, private, religious, and secular texts; a Khara-Khoto manuscript is dated to the 12th or early 13th century.

What does it mean if someone sends 𗽣?

A lone glyph identifies Tangut writing, but not why it was sent.

Ask for the surrounding text or source before translating it. The character alone cannot tell you whether the sender is pointing to a manuscript or a dictionary entry.