Tangut Component 109

It is an encoded component, not a standalone word.

𘡬 is one item in the Tangut component set, used to describe how larger characters are structured and to index them. Read its contribution through the full character that contains it, rather than as an independent word.

Tangut was the writing system of the Tangut people and their state. Its creation is traditionally dated to 1036. It served the Tangut state and its Buddhist scripture collection, as well as translations of Chinese and Tibetan works, legal texts, and literature. The script drew on Chinese stroke and character-composition traditions and on earlier writing used by the Khitan, a neighboring people; the scripts are distinct and not mutually readable. Surviving evidence records Tangut use through 1502. In structural analysis, component lists help scholars describe and index the script's many characters—a modern analytical role, not a new word meaning.

How do I type 𘡬?

Use a Tangut input method and a font that supports the script.

For repeated entry, a Tangut stroke-code method lets you choose by written form, so you need not guess a pronunciation.