Examples of Tangut Cursive Characters
The table below lists examples of 108 Cursive Tangut characters found in various Tangut manuscripts (hover your mouse over the character image to see what the source for the image is), intended as a learning resource for myself and anyone else who wants to try to read cursive Tangut manuscripts.
| Code Point |
Standard Glyph |
References |
Meaning |
Cursive Examples |
| 17014 |
๐ |
L0089
K4147 |
above |
|
| 1701A |
๐ |
L4507
K4872 |
to guide |
|
| 1710B |
๐ |
L0052
K2003 |
[transliteration:] ๅ
|
|
| 17149 |
๐
|
L1906
K4386 |
a conjunction |
|
| 1714B |
๐
|
L1918
K4464 |
not |
|
| 171CB |
๐ |
L3818
K1662 |
an auxiliary word |
|
| 17258 |
๐ |
L1374
K1098 |
a pronoun |
|
| 17263 |
๐ฃ |
L0797
K3888 |
scheme |
|
| 172BB |
๐ป |
L3772
K5234 |
sweat |
|
| 172DA |
๐ |
L2590
K2434 |
a prefix means something is already done |
|
| 172F3 |
๐ณ |
L3553
K3231 |
tube |
|
| 1732D |
๐ญ |
L1542
K1279 |
so |
|
| 17357 |
๐ |
L1768
K0432 |
black, wu (ๆ) |
|
| 1736B |
๐ซ |
L4027
K5330 |
two |
|
| 173A9 |
๐ฉ |
L3516
K1300 |
family |
|
| 173C1 |
๐ |
L1999
K4038 |
five |
|
| 173E1 |
๐ก |
L2503
K2677 |
behind |
|
| 17431 |
๐ฑ |
L4884
K4323 |
an auxiliary word |
|
| 1744C |
๐ |
L4866
K4376 |
incomplete |
|
| 17460 |
๐ |
L4950
K2928 |
and |
|
| 17489 |
๐ |
L5044
K2845 |
[transliteration:] ๅ |
|
| 174B9 |
๐น |
L4778
K3681 |
seven |
|
| 174DA |
๐ |
L4737
K4064 |
to apply |
|
| 1757C |
๐ผ |
L0731
K2049 |
to spread |
|
| 1758E |
๐ |
L0454
K2129 |
to judge |
|
| 175B5 |
๐ต |
L0433
K5422 |
a preposition |
|
| 175E7 |
๐ง |
L5910
K4146 |
price |
|
| 175D9 |
๐ |
L1139
K0652 |
(possessive particle) |
|
| 17626 |
๐ฆ |
L1058
K2998 |
[transliteration:] ๅพต |
|
| 1762F |
๐ฏ |
L2536
K2647 |
a modal auxiliary |
|
| 17708 |
๐ |
L4401
K0315 |
to hold |
|
| 1779E |
๐ |
L4342
K3024 |
an auxiliary word |
|
| 1786A |
๐กช |
L1290
K1658 |
limitation |
|
| 178AD |
๐ขญ |
L3113
K4997 |
nine |
|
| 178B8 |
๐ขธ |
L2246
K3559 |
mouth |
|
| 178BC |
๐ขผ |
L3180
K1692 |
upright |
|
| 17901 |
๐ค |
L3200
K1650 |
six |
|
| 1790B |
๐ค |
L2194
K0970 |
not |
|
| 17912 |
๐ค |
L3305
K2320 |
year |
|
| 1791B |
๐ค |
L2649
K2241 |
[surname:] ้พ |
|
| 17929 |
๐คฉ |
L3628
K3635 |
[surname:] ่ข, ๅ
|
|
| 17943 |
๐ฅ |
L2205
K0224 |
four |
|
| 17966 |
๐ฅฆ |
L2750
K3838 |
head |
|
| 1796B |
๐ฅซ |
L3807
K1455 |
light |
|
| 1797C |
๐ฅผ |
L3654
K1909 |
monk, a (้ฟ) |
|
| 17987 |
๐ฆ |
L2090
K3866 |
must |
|
| 179B3 |
๐ฆณ |
L3266
K0198 |
host |
|
| 17A48 |
๐ฉ |
L2805
K3640 |
to command |
|
| 17AFB |
๐ซป |
L3099
K5763 |
to live |
|
| 17B4A |
๐ญ |
L3989
K2455 |
an auxiliary word |
|
| 17B6B |
๐ญซ |
L3870
K5334 |
[surname:] ๅ |
|
| 17BFF |
๐ฏฟ |
L5659
K3027 |
luxuriant |
|
| 17C13 |
๐ฐ |
L0491
K2764 |
how |
|
| 17C14 |
๐ฐ |
L0997
K1669 |
[surname:] ้
, ่ฅ |
|
| 17C17 |
๐ฐ |
L1084
K3419 |
ten |
|
| 17C2D |
๐ฐญ |
L1040
K3645 |
ten |
|
| 17C39 |
๐ฐน |
L1476
K0314 |
[surname:] ๅทฆ |
|
| 17CE9 |
๐ณฉ |
L1668
K4691 |
[surname:] ่จ |
|
| 17D46 |
๐ต |
L0113
K0160 |
to accomplish |
|
| 17D52 |
๐ต |
L0152
K1684 |
gold |
|
| 17DC6 |
๐ท |
L4489
K0734 |
to make |
|
| 17E2E |
๐ธฎ |
L1293
K0199 |
host |
|
| 17E39 |
๐ธน |
L0493
K2771 |
[surname:] ้ฎฎ |
|
| 17E4F |
๐น |
L0473
K1149 |
evil |
|
| 17F0D |
๐ผ |
L3435
K3388 |
god |
|
| 17F28 |
๐ผจ |
L2339
K4451 |
[Tangut surname element] |
|
| 17F6D |
๐ฝญ |
L3601
K4378 |
opening |
|
| 17FBD |
๐พฝ |
L2451
K5388 |
to flee |
|
| 17FE2 |
๐ฟข |
L2806
K3642 |
imperial edict |
|
| 17FE6 |
๐ฟฆ |
L3334
K3397 |
female |
|
| 18004 |
๐ |
L4031
K0665 |
lucky |
|
| 18086 |
๐ |
L5815
K1381 |
also |
|
| 180A4 |
๐ค |
L5993
K1380 |
centre |
|
| 180E1 |
๐ก |
L5113
K1711 |
to do |
|
| 18104 |
๐ |
L1085
K3014 |
man |
|
| 18134 |
๐ด |
L1319
K3140 |
to desire |
|
| 1816B |
๐
ซ |
L1736
K2505 |
to do |
|
| 18184 |
๐ |
L0724
K2231 |
and so on |
|
| 18229 |
๐ฉ |
L0100
K0223 |
one |
|
| 1824B |
๐ |
L4602
K3650 |
eight |
|
| 18250 |
๐ |
L4587
K0693 |
achievement |
|
| 18251 |
๐ |
L4574
K2064 |
he |
|
| 18261 |
๐ก |
L2596
K2028 |
power |
|
| 18290 |
๐ |
L2219
K1829 |
respectfully |
|
| 1829D |
๐ |
L2798
K3769 |
hundred |
|
| 182B4 |
๐ด |
L3951
K1619 |
to talk |
|
| 182B6 |
๐ถ |
L3894
K2904 |
aunt (father's sister) |
 * |
| 18386 |
๐ |
L4889
K4992 |
[an auxiliary word] |
 |
| 183E8 |
๐จ |
L5655
K3390 |
treasure |
|
| 18487 |
๐ |
L1526
K2648 |
to wait upon |
|
| 1848F |
๐ |
L1531
K2842 |
army |
|
| 184CA |
๐ |
L0502
K2774 |
few |
|
| 184EF |
๐ฏ |
L1105
K3147 |
to give |
|
| 1852E |
๐ฎ |
L0981
K4969 |
wealth |
|
| 1853C |
๐ผ |
L2484
K2698 |
cause |
|
| 18555 |
๐ |
L5865
K2527 |
three |
|
| 18579 |
๐น |
L5093
K5125 |
[surname:] ่ถ |
|
| 1857F |
๐ฟ |
L5856
K4311 |
a preposition |
|
| 18591 |
๐ |
L5643
K2511 |
not |
|
| 1864C |
๐ |
L1326
K3048 |
an auxiliary word |
|
| 18676 |
๐ถ |
L0624
K5582 |
long narrow strips |
|
| 1868C |
๐ |
L4022
K4524 |
to stop |
|
| 18747 |
๐ |
L1281
K1629 |
gentle |
|
| 1875A |
๐ |
L5817
K5688 |
to steal |
|
| 187B6 |
๐ถ |
L5659
K3027 |
luxuriant |
|
| 187BD |
๐ฝ |
L0477
K2588 |
surname on mother's line |
|
| 187DB |
๐ |
L4882
K5548 |
wisdom |
|
| 187EA |
๐ช |
L4995
K1937 |
iron |
|
* This example is joined to a following iteration mark ๐ฟ .
I have augmented the above table with the cursive glyphs for sixty Tangut characters that are listed in the apppendix (pp. 87โ93) prepared by Ono Hiroko (ๅฐ้่ฃๅญ) in Prof. Arakawa Shintaro's 2016 study into Tangut cursive script:
- ่ๅทๆ
ๅคช้ (ARAKAWA Shintaro). ใญใทใขๆ่ต่ณๆใฎๅฎ่ฆ่ชฟๆปใซๅบใฅใ่ฅฟๅคๆๅญ่ๆธไฝใฎไฝ็ณป็็ ็ฉถ (Systematic Studies on the Tangut Script in Running Form, Based on the Research of Original Tangut Materials Preserved in Russia). ๆฑไบฌๅคๅฝ่ชๅคงๅญฆ ใปใขใธใขใปใขใใชใซ่จ่ชๆๅ็ ็ฉถๆ, 2016.
- p. 89
- p. 90
- p. 91
- p. 92
- p. 93
These sixty characters are taken from manuscripts of Hร iniรกn Xฤซnfว ไบฅๅนดๆฐๆณ "New Law of the Year of the Pig" [IOM Inv. Nos. 6092, 5946, and 6549] held at the Institute of Oriental Studies in Russia. For all but one of these characters two cursive glyphforms are given.
Last modified: 2020-07-01.
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