Tangut character 1835C

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What does 𘍜 mean?

It marks a syllable’s sound in Tangut phonetic notation.

Li Fanwen’s 2008 Tangut–Chinese Dictionary lists 𘍜 in a phonetic table, a chart for recording speech sounds. There it marks a syllable rather than naming a standalone word. The Unicode label identifies the sign but does not translate it; the surrounding Tangut passage or a specialized dictionary supplies the reading.

Tangut writing was promoted in 1036 for Western Xia’s official and cultural work, including Buddhist and Chinese translations. After the state fell to Mongol forces in 1227, the script remained in use for a time before leaving daily life. A bilingual stone inscription helped scholars identify the Tangut script in 1804; finds at Khara-Khoto in 1909 accelerated its study. Tangut developed in a Chinese-character environment alongside Khitan and Jurchen state scripts, but that script-level connection does not make 𘍜 Chinese, Khitan, or Jurchen.