What 𘡺 means
It is a component, not a standalone word with one translation. In Tangut dictionaries, components help describe or index larger characters. “Tangut radical 123” is a modern catalog label, not an ancient reading.
Tangut writing was created in 1036 for the Western Xia state: for government, Buddhist scripture, and a distinct Tangut identity. Surviving Western Xia texts cover official, private, and religious life. Tangut writing drew on Chinese writing and neighboring Khitan scripts, but it is a separate writing system. The 12th-century Sea of Characters, a Tangut dictionary, explained characters through their components. A 1981 study describes components as shortened forms used in meaning-based or sound-based compounds.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘡺 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut Components block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𘡺
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- Tangut radical 123 · Tangut radicals · Xixia script · Tangut script · Tangut components
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘡺\1887A\U0001887A; in JavaScript, write \u{1887A}. If you see a box, the font may not include this Tangut glyph; the text can still contain the correct character.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.