Tangut Component 114

It is an indexing component, not a word with a translation.

Tangut components are recurring parts scholars use to describe and index Tangut characters in dictionaries and glossaries. Some systems also use component signs in Ideographic Description Sequences (IDS), short strings that show how a character is assembled. Component inventories are scholarly reference tools: a component number is an index label, not a translation, and inventories may group parts differently.

The Tangut script, also called Xixia, was used in China from 1036–1502; it is distinct from Chinese writing, even though some Tangut characters look Chinese-like. Tangut texts survive in official, private, and religious records, including books, Buddhist scriptures, inscriptions, and manuscripts. This component belongs to modern scholarly systems for studying those records, not to a standalone medieval word.

How can I type or display it?

Use a Tangut-capable font; use Unicode escapes in code.

A blank box means your current font lacks the glyph, not that the character changed. The 2026 Noto Serif Tangut specimen lists coverage for Tangut and Tangut Components; another font can draw the same encoded character differently.

For a Python string, write \U00018871; modern JavaScript uses \u{18871}, and older JavaScript uses \uD822\uDC71. These are programming escapes, not pronunciations; the component has no standalone spoken reading.