Tangut script
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The Tangut script is a complex, logographic writing system historically used by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tangut script canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| addedToUnicodeVersion | Unicode 9.0 ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Western Xia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalSphere | Sinosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | logogram ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| creator | Yeli Renrong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstAttestation |
1036
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ |
| dateOfObsolescence | 13th century ⓘ |
| developedUnder | Western Xia dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hsi-Hsia script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xixia script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfCharacters |
6000
ⓘ
7000 ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalName | Tangut script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComplexity | high ⓘ |
| hasEncodingStandard | Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableDictionary |
Homophones
ⓘ
Mixed Characters ⓘ Sea of Characters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableManuscriptCorpus | Khara-Khoto manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStrokeBasedStructure | true ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock |
Tangut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tangut Components NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemType | logosyllabic ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Chinese script ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Tang ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Tangut scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | 11th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tangut people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist texts
ⓘ
administrative documents ⓘ dictionaries ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedIn | Western Xia dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Gansu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inner Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ningxia NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaanxi NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern China ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | Tangut language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | extinct ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.