Tangut character 𗿡

It is a Tangut character recorded for a place name.

Tangut dictionaries classify 𗿡 as a proper-name character, rather than a common word with a simple everyday translation. Structural analyses link its left component 𗿼 to the Tangut word for “bird” and its right component 𗩇 to a surname. Those parts do not translate the whole character.

Tangut script history begins around 1036, when the first emperor of the Western Xia kingdom, a state in northwestern China, established the script to write the Tangut language. It appeared in official, private, and religious texts, including Buddhist books, inscriptions, and manuscripts. After the Mongol conquest, Tangut remained in use through the Yuan and Ming dynasties before becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming. It was rediscovered in the late 19th century and largely deciphered, with important early 20th-century work by N. A. Nevskij.

How do I type 𗿡?

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