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Tangut script

The Tangut script is a logographic writing system, formerly used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the Tanguts. It was widely used during the Tangut-founded Western Xia dynasty, and fell into obscurity after its extinction. According to a 2004 count, 5,863 Tangut characters are known, excluding variants. The Tangut characters are similar in…

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Creator
Yeli Renrong
Direction
Vertical right-to-left (Modern academia: left-to-right)
Languages
Tangut language
Parent systems
Tangut script
Period
1036–1502
Script type
Logographic

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Tangut script

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples38
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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Tangut script

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related to Unicode · 17
Tangut script → Additional, An, Five, Ideographic Symbols, ITERATION MARK, June, March, Punctuation, Radicals, September, Six, Tangut, Tangut Components, Tangut Components Supplement, Tangut Supplement, The Tangut Supplement, Unicode
related to External links · 7
Tangut script → Andrew West, Archived, Chinese, Japanese, OmniglotTangut, Retrieved, Tangut
Unicode range · 5
Tangut script → U+16FE0–U+16FFF Ideographic Symbols & Punct., U+17000–U+187FF Tangut, U+18800–U+18AFF Tangut Components, U+18D00–U+18D7F Tangut Supplement, U+18D80–U+18DFF Tangut Components Supplement
Creator · 1
Tangut script → Yeli Renrong
Direction · 1
Tangut script → Vertical right-to-left (Modern academia: left-to-right)
ISO 15924 · 1
Tangut script → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Tang (520), ​Tangut
Languages · 1
Tangut script → Tangut language
Parent systems · 1
Tangut script → Tangut script
Period · 1
Tangut script → 1036–1502
Script type · 1
Tangut script → Logographic

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tangut characters chinese script unicode used components block character composite version different writing component added supplement strokes one meaning release

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Tangut scriptCreatorYeli Renrong1.00infobox
Tangut scriptDirectionVertical right-to-left (Modern academia: left-to-right)1.00infobox
Tangut scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Tang (520), ​Tangut1.00infobox
Tangut scriptLanguagesTangut language1.00infobox
Tangut scriptParent systemsTangut script1.00infobox
Tangut scriptPeriod1036–15021.00infobox
Tangut scriptScript typeLogographic1.00infobox
Tangut scriptUnicode aliasTangut1.00infobox
Tangut scriptUnicode rangeU+17000–U+187FF Tangut1.00infobox
Tangut scriptUnicode rangeU+18D00–U+18D7F Tangut Supplement1.00infobox
Tangut scriptUnicode rangeU+18800–U+18AFF Tangut Components1.00infobox
Tangut scriptUnicode rangeU+18D80–U+18DFF Tangut Components Supplement1.00infobox
Tangut scriptUnicode rangeU+16FE0–U+16FFF Ideographic Symbols & Punct.1.00infobox
Tangut scriptis alogographic writing system0.90text

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