党项族

Traditional form:

黨項族

Pinyin (reading):

Dǎngxiàngzú

Definitions:

• Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group
• ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227

Characters:

• 党 - political party, gang, faction
• 项 - neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan

Traditional characters:

• 黨 - political party, gang, faction
• 項 - neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan