Dangxiang
/หdษหลหสjษหล/noun
A historical Chinese ethnonym for the Tangut people, who established the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
Did you know?The Dangxiang founded the Western Xia dynasty, whose written language, Tangut script, remained undeciphered for centuries and was sometimes mistaken for an invented magical code.
Etymological Timeline
Early Medieval China
Chinese
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โThe Chinese-character form later romanized as Dangxiang; its original semantic interpretation as an ethnonym is uncertain.โ
7thโ9th Century
Chinese records
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โA recorded name for a group associated with the Tangut peoples in northwestern China.โ
11th Century
Tangut and Chinese
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โThe ethnonym was used during the rise of the Tangut state and the Western Xia dynasty.โ
1038โ1227
Western Xia
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โWestern Xia, the imperial state founded by the Tangut, whose rulers and subjects were identified in Chinese sources with the Dangxiang.โ
Modern English
English
Dangxiang
โA scholarly romanization of Chinese ๅ
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, used chiefly in historical and ethnographic writing for the Tangut people.โ