What 𘇭 means
A Tangut dictionary glosses it as “to tie.”
Li Fanwen’s 2008 Tangut–Chinese dictionary lists 𘇭 as entry 1566 under “to tie”; this is the gloss of a Tangut word.
Why does 𘇭 look Chinese?
Tangut borrowed Chinese visual ideas, but it writes a different language.
The Tangut script was created in 1036 on Emperor Li Yuanhao’s order as part of Western Xia state-building. It was inspired by Chinese character forms, but was a separate script for Tangut.
It served official writing and a broad book culture: Buddhist scriptures, translations from Chinese and Tibetan, classics, military treatises, and literature. Use continued for centuries after Western Xia fell in 1227, especially in later Buddhist and other collections.
Historical and specialist; the “to tie” gloss belongs to the Tangut language.
Who writes 𘇭
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘇭 show as a box?
The font displaying the text may lack Tangut coverage. Choose a font that includes Tangut characters; the box indicates missing display support, not a different glyph.
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How to type or find 𘇭
- Search it as
- xixia · xi-xia · tie · bind · knot · 1566
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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