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Chinese-based script for Tangut language
Tangut
The Art of War written in Tangut
Script type
Logographic
Creator
Yeli Renrong
Time period
1036–1502
Direction
Vertical right-to-left, left-to-right
Languages
Tangut language
Related scripts
Parent systems
Constructed script inspired by Chinese characters
Tangut
ISO 15924
ISO 15924
Tang(520), Tangut
Unicode
Unicode alias
Tangut
Unicode range
U+17000–U+187FF Tangut
U+18D00–U+18D7F Tangut Supplement
U+18800–U+18AFF Tangut Components
U+16FE0–U+16FFF Ideographic Symbols & Punct.
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The Tangut script (Tangut: 𗼇𘝞; Chinese: 西夏文; pinyin: Xī Xià Wén; lit. 'Western Xia script') was a logographic writing system, used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty. According to the latest count, 5863 Tangut characters are known, excluding variants.[1] The Tangut characters are similar in appearance to Chinese characters,[2] with the same type of strokes, but the methods of forming characters in the Tangut writing system are significantly different from those of forming Chinese characters. As in Chinese calligraphy, regular, running, cursive and seal scripts were used in Tangut writing.
^《西夏文字共有５８６３个正字》 (in Simplified Chinese). Ningxia News. Archived from the original on 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2006-11-21.
^Frederick W. Mote (2003). Imperial China 900–1800. Harvard University Press. pp. 395–. ISBN 978-0-674-01212-7.
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block containing characters from the Tangutscript, which was used for writing the Tangut language spoken by the Tangut people in the Western Xia Empire,...
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contains Tangut text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Tangut characters. Tangut numerals...
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