Sea of Tangut Characters

𗼇𗏇𘝞𗗚

Exploring Tangut character constructions given in the Tangut dictionary 'Sea of Writing' 《𘝞𗗚》

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19 April 2020

𗰮 [¹vyr₁] 'to die young'

𘗽𗅋𘓳𘓳

1:87.221



20 April 2020

𗂏 [¹u₃] 'big tree'

𗯴𘁝𗙼𘓳

1:07.261



21 April 2020

𘆲 [¹tshwu₁] 'fat (not thin)'

𗓳𗘡𘙆𗡼

1:06.261



22 April 2020

𘉺 [¹tsyr'₄] 'cocoon'

𘘾𗡼𘊏𘓳

1:92.112



23 April 2020

𗘨 [¹je'₂] 'to herd (put out to graze)'

𘓉𘍞𗚛𗌧

3:18.162



24 April 2020

𗊱 [²dzo₄] 'poem, ode'

𗋰𘊱𗏂𘊱

3:14.272



25 April 2020

𗲋 [¹luq₁] 'happy, joyful'

𘟣𘂤𗫡𘊱

1:63.272



26 April 2020

𗍶 [²dzen₄] 'to carve, to engrave'

𗛥𘊱𗥖𗡼

3:14.142



27 April 2020

𗑘 [¹swe₁] 'clean, pure'

𗑗𘍞𗦙𗡼

1:44.161



28 April 2020

𗭘 [¹tsa'₁] 'long legged' (?)

𗭇𘊱𘙲𘊱

1:30.134



29 April 2020

𗃊 [¹pho₁] 'to sprinkle water'

𗁅𘓳𘄎𗡼

1:06.112



30 April 2020

𘞉 [¹le₁] 'some kind of rock or stone'

𗱸𗡼𗳣𗡼

1:43.152



01 May 2020

𗓆 [¹le₄] 'to change, to alter'

𗑓𗥦𗰿𘓳

1:48.211



02 May 2020

𗀈 [¹tson₁] 'incomplete, not whole'

𗀔𗥦𗊴𗡼

1:60.151



03 May 2020

𘐶 [²jwo₃] 'to throw away, to discard'

𘐉𘊱𘞌𘓳

3:18.131



04 May 2020

𘎥 [¹toq₄] 'to place, to put in position'

𘐏𘊱𗳘𗡼

1:78.242



05 May 2020

𘌻 [¹phi₁] 'wall'

𘌿𘊱𗰽𗡼

1:12.252



06 May 2020

𗃛 [¹lon₃] (a family name)

𗤶𘁝𘋾𘊱

1:62.172



07 May 2020

𘙵 [²dzu₁] 'strip of cloth'

𘙶𘊱𗦢𘁝

3:15.252



08 May 2020

𗛯 [¹vu'₃] 'old, decayed, withered'

𗛸𘍞𘒺𗡼

1:11.261



09 May 2020

𗍻 [²ja₃] 'lamb'

𗍿𘊱𗂽𘁝

3:17.261



10 May 2020

𗵃 [¹vi₁] 'dragon'

𗵂𗥦𗛟𗘡

1:13.212



11 May 2020

𗎈 [¹woq₁] 'ice'

𗎓𘊱𗣿𗡼

1:78.111



12 May 2020

𗼆 [¹shon₃] (a clan name)

𗼣𘊱𗙴𗡼

1:62.141



13 May 2020

𗦢 [²dza₁] 'to examine, to measure, to fathom, to weigh up'

𗧁𘊱𗡣𘊱

3:16.131



14 May 2020

𘊬 [¹sa₁] 'to smooth'

𘁯𘁝𘆩𗡼

1:23.223



15 May 2020

𘓱 [¹ngwy₁] 'heaven'

𘓺𘊱𗾈𘊱

1:35.111



16 May 2020

𘝼 [¹kwo₁] 'to wet oneself'

𘝻𘓳𗮚𘓳

1:57.133



17 May 2020

𗻈 [¹pu₁] 'a kind of weed'

𗺕𘊱𘀑𗡼

1:05.142



18 May 2020

𘒻 [¹lwe₄] 'old, aged; the old; to die'

𘒺𘊱𘆥𗡼

1:49.111



19 May 2020

𘞔 [¹phar₄] 'level, flat' (?)

𗩃𗡼𗳦𗡼

1:85.151



20 May 2020

𗬶 [¹kwa₂] 'to trample' (?)

𘎶𗡼𘑀𘊱

1:26.143



21 May 2020

𗱏 [¹pu₁] 'to choke on something'

𗨬𗥦𗍂𗡼

1:05.141



22 May 2020

𘘓 [¹khwe₁] 'to expand, to spread' (?)

𘞵𘊱𘃸𘊱

1:44.113



23 May 2020

𗓎 [¹lwuq₁] 'to mix, to blend'

𗔏𗥦𗋅𘓳

1:63.232



24 May 2020

𘎾 [¹khen₄] 'to give, to grant'

𘏵𘊱𘓯𗡼

1:52.162



25 May 2020

𗴔 [¹la₃] 'enmity, grudge, ill will'

𗴒𘊱𘂮𗡼

1:27.152



26 May 2020

𘓎 [¹swi₄] 'beautiful'

𘓍𘊱𗵽𘊱

1:18.253



27 May 2020

𗭩 [¹viq₁] 'foolish, stupid'

𗭪𗁇𗏑𘊱

1:71.262



28 May 2020

𗿭 [¹my'₄] 'kind of bird'

𗿼𘊱𗩫𗡼

1:42.131



29 May 2020

𘑤 [²e₃] (onomatopoeia; also Sanskrit transcription)

𘑠𗗙𘗒𗡼

3:20.112



30 May 2020

𗳻 [¹cha₃] 'upright, fair'

𗅃𘁝𗧐𗡼

1:26.243



31 May 2020

𗲌 [¹ma₄] 'river'

𗋽𗥦𘇲𘓳

1:28.153



01 June 2020

𗩋 [¹my₁] 'merit, achievement, contribution'

𗤖𗡼𗹦𗡼

1:33.172



02 June 2020

𗟸 [¹ka₁] 'palate of the mouth'

𗟴𘊱𘘞𗡼

1:23.111



03 June 2020

𘈡 [¹khon₂] 'body'

𘈟𘊱𘛽𘓳

1:61.162



04 June 2020

𗮟 [¹tshwi₁] 'to make dirty'

𗯌𘍞𗟻𘊱

1:13.272



05 June 2020

𗡏 [¹mi'₁] 'fragrant, aromatic'

𗡎𘊱𗩔𗡼

1:19.111



06 June 2020

𘈗 [¹kan₁] 'to drive away'

𘈕𗄖𗰒𗡼

1:31.161



07 June 2020

𘍴 [¹liq₃] 'to enter into, to fall into'

𘎃𘊱𗺾𗡼

1:73.271



08 June 2020

𗣔 [¹tu₁] 'stupid'

𗪙𘊱𗛭𗡼

1:05.213



09 June 2020

𗟠 [¹ju₃] 'gambling chip, game counter' (?)

𗉜𘁝𘘥𗡼

3:07.221



10 June 2020

𘈱 [¹me'₄] 'semi-conscious' (?)

𗈮𗡼𘂵𗡼

1:49.271



11 June 2020

𘄝 [¹shwa₃] 'to give birth'

𘄜𘊱𘎳𘊱

1:27.221



12 June 2020

𗪆 [¹van'₃] 'to think'

𗤶𗾫𗍊𗡼

1:42.251



13 June 2020

𗾖 [¹gor'₁] 'man, gentleman'

𘜶𗡼𗸱𘁝

1:92.241



14 June 2020

𗙥 [¹deq₄] 'sigh'

𗙏𘊱𘘯𘓳

1:67.233



15 June 2020

𗨸 [¹ghy₂] 'close, near'

𗦍𘊱𗶚𗡼

1:35.241



16 June 2020

𘟪 [¹shon₃] 'iron'

𘗁𗱸𗁼𗈺

1:62.131



17 June 2020

𗍺 [¹cha₃] 'ceremony'

𗦞𗡼𗵘𗡼

1:26.232



18 June 2020

𗞙 [¹twe₄] 'cup'

𗝎𘄿𘊟𗡼

1:48.231



19 June 2020

𘎽 [¹khew₂] 'to destroy'

𘊰𗡼𗶥𘊱

1:53.271



20 June 2020

𗩕 [¹dza₁] (Sanskrit transcription)

𗤕𘓳𗧓𗡼

3:05.271



21 June 2020

𗡩 [¹hwi₁] 'grey'

𘂁𗡼𗫲𘓳

1:13.261



22 June 2020

𗼋 [¹dzwyq₄] 'to respect, to pay one's respects to'

𗼠𘊱𗰺𘊱

3:03.271



23 June 2020

𘓦 [¹leq₃] 'to realise, to understand'

𘈑𘟛𗥤𘊱

1:68.131



24 June 2020

𘍦 [¹e₄] 'appearance'

𘍞𘊱𘟣𗡼

1:48.141



25 June 2020

𗫅 [¹new₁] 'type of root vegetable'

𗨔𘊱𗒞𘊱

1:52.272



26 June 2020

𘊍 [¹po₁] 'name of a ghost or spirit'

𘊅𘊱𗢛𗡼

1:55.242



27 June 2020

𗚪 [¹bi₁] 'to send someone somewhere' or 'to send someone away'

𗚛𗥦𗾇𘓳

1:12.271



28 June 2020

𗴋 [¹kwan₄] 'volume, scroll' (Chinese 卷 juàn)

𘇱𗦈𗨨𗡼

1:32.231



29 June 2020

𘛒 [¹ngewr₁] 'confused, muddled'

𗐴𘓳𗫸𘊱

1:90.131



30 June 2020

𘑸 [¹rorn₁] 'dry, withered'

𘑼𘊱𘑫𘊱

1:91.241



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