Tangut script

Tangut
Tangut;
	The Art of War written in Tangut
Script type	Logographic
Creator	Yeli Renrong
Time period	1036–1502
Direction	Vertical right-to-left, left-to-right
Languages	Tangut language
Related scripts
Parent systems	Constructed script inspired by Chinese characters Tangut;
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Tang (520), Tangut
Unicode
Unicode alias	Tangut
Unicode range	U+17000–U+187FF Tangut; U+18D00–U+18D7F Tangut Supplement; U+18800–U+18AFF Tangut Components; U+16FE0–U+16FFF Ideographic Symbols & Punct.;

The Tangut script (Tangut: 𗼇𘝞; Chinese: 西夏文; pinyin: Xī Xià Wén; lit. 'Western Xia script') was a logographic writing system, used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty. According to the latest count, 5863 Tangut characters are known, excluding variants. The Tangut characters are similar in appearance to Chinese characters, 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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.