Tangut Character 18593

It means “to break” in Tangut. The meaning is more secure than the reconstructed reading: one reference marks the Latin-letter form “li?” as tentative, while another gives the scholarly notation lji̱². These are competing reconstructions, not a settled spoken form. A Tangut specialist can treat 𘖓 as a lexical verb; Unicode’s generated label identifies the character, not its meaning.

The Tangut script was created under the first Western Xia emperor, ruler of the Tangut state, about 1036 CE for official and cultural work. It appears in official, private, and religious texts. After Western Xia fell to the Mongols, Tangut continued in Yuan and Ming use but became obsolete by the end of Ming. Scholars rediscovered it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through research and bilingual materials.

Why does 𘖓 look like Chinese?

Tangut uses square forms, but it is a separate script. Its dense, square characters can resemble Chinese writing, but Unicode describes Tangut as a unique script unrelated to Chinese ideographs. That is a visual resemblance, not a documented relationship between 𘖓 and a Chinese character; its shape alone cannot establish the word’s meaning or reading.

Will 𘖓 display correctly?

A font with Tangut coverage is needed to show its designed glyph. In a browser or app without Tangut font coverage, it may appear as a blank box or fallback glyph. The display can change while the underlying character remains the same.