Tangut Component-158

It is a cataloguing part, not a word to translate.

Tangut dictionaries and scholarly indexes use 𘢝 to group or describe full characters from the Xixia script. R0158 is its radical-index label: a radical is the component under which a dictionary files an entry, not a word gloss.

What is Tangut Component-158's history?

The Tangut script was created around 1036 for Western Xia. The first emperor of Western Xia commissioned a distinct writing system for state-building and a Buddhist canon translated into Tangut. Its characters draw on principles of Chinese writing without being derived from Chinese; the project followed earlier Khitan state scripts, developed for a neighboring people's court.

Surviving Tangut writing includes state records, Buddhist scripture, and private texts. It remained in use into the Yuan and Ming periods, then fell out of use by the end of the Ming period. Scholars rediscovered the script in the late 19th century and largely deciphered it in the early 20th century. In reference works, component indexes help organize surviving characters.