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Tuesday, 16 June 2020 at 12:37
𘟪 [¹shon₃] 'iron' is constructed from the top of 𘗁 [²ja₃] 'sharp', the bottom right of 𗱸 [¹luq₁] 'stone', the right side of 𗁼 [²be₄] 'gold', and the bottom right of 𗈺 [²na'₂] 'ore' {𘗁𗱸𗁼𗈺} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiL…
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Tuesday, 16 June 2020 at 12:42
This is a rare example of a character being derived from four other characters, but to be honest the derivations do seem rather tenuous to me ... but on the other hand the creator of the Tangut script seemed to find delight in tenuous connections.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2020 at 22:11
Tangut 𘟪 [¹shon₃] reflects a very widespread word for 'iron' in many Tibeto-Burman languages, e.g. Burmese သံ saṁ; rGyalrong ʃam ~ ʃom; Muya (Minyak) ɕe⁵³; Nuosu (Yi) ꎸ she [ʂɯ³³]; Naxi ʂe³³. stedt.berkeley.edu/~stedt-cgi/roo…