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Tangut | |
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Script type | Logographic
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Creator | Yeli Renrong |
Time period | 1036–1502 |
Direction | Vertical right-to-left, left-to-right |
Languages | Tangut language |
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Tang (520), Tangut |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Tangut |
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The Tangut script (Tangut: 𗼇𘝞; Chinese: 西夏文; pinyin: Xī Xià Wén; lit. 'Western Xia script') is a logographic writing system, formerly 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.