What 𘒥 means
To twist strands together. A Tangut dictionary records 𘒥 as a verb.
Is 𘒥 Chinese or Tangut?
It is Tangut writing.
Emperor Li Yuanhao ordered the script in 1036 for Western Xia state-building, likely to support a Tangut Buddhist canon and a distinct identity from Song China. Its forms and structure drew inspiration from Chinese without deriving from it. Khitan precedent also mattered: one of their two scripts was largely Chinese-based.
Khara-Khoto manuscripts preserve Buddhist texts and secular translations; one undated text probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century.
Who writes 𘒥
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘒥 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𘒥
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- twine · Tangut · Xixia · Tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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