Tangut character 180DC

Its reconstructed readings are sound labels, not English definitions.

An index to Li Fanwen’s Tangut dictionary lists the reconstructed reading yạ (entry L5523). Pronunciation notes in a British Library manuscript instead record rjar beside Tibetan ra. These are scholarly sound transcriptions, not English translations.

In one Buddhist transliteration of Sanskrit (an ancient language used in Buddhist texts), 𘃜 represents the final ra sound in vajra. The whole spelling is 𗍣𗱽𘃜; 𘃜 alone does not name that word.

Why does 𘃜 appear in Buddhist texts?

Tangut began in government writing and later appears in Buddhist manuscripts.

The Tangut script was developed under the first Western Xia emperor about 1036 for official and cultural writing. People used it for government records, private writing, Buddhist scriptures, inscriptions, and manuscripts.

A Yuan-dynasty manuscript preserves a Tibetan Buddhist text made in 1258; one mantra, a ritual phrase, contains 𘃜. Here it renders part of a Sanskrit word rather than giving a standalone English meaning.

What should you do with this character?

Treat it as historical text, not an English word.

Enter U+180DC with a Unicode-aware input method that accepts code points. If the character displays as a box, the font may lack a Tangut glyph even though the text contains 𘃜.

Using it in conversation signals Tangut, Western Xia, or Buddhist manuscript context; outside that setting, the glyph does not communicate a clear English word.