What 𘡮 means
No; it is a structural piece used to index larger characters. Tangut dictionaries organize full characters by component. An ideographic description sequence (IDS) diagrams a character's structure; 𘡮 can mark a part there, not a word to read aloud.
Tangut writing was introduced in 1036 for government correspondence, Buddhist translation, and state-building. It later recorded Chinese classics and nonreligious works. After Western Xia fell in 1227, communities kept using the script; the latest datable example is a Buddhist inscription from 1502.
Tangut writing drew on Chinese characters and the Khitan people's writing, but it recorded a different language.
Technical reference: for dictionaries, character analysis, and IDS notation.
Read the full Tangut character; 𘡮 alone is only a component.
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Who writes 𘡮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘡮 show as a box?
Font support. A box means the font lacks a glyph to draw 𘡮.
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How to type or find 𘡮
- Search it as
- xixia · ids · font · tangut script
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘡮\1886ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.