What 𘣍 means
It is a structural component, not a Tangut word with a fixed translation.
A Tangut index uses 𘣍 as a radical: an indexing component for grouping and analyzing full Tangut ideographs, not a translation. Descriptions can also record components and stroke order in an Ideographic Description Sequence, a compact notation for a character's structure.
The parent Tangut script was developed for the Tangut language under Western Xia, a state in northwest China also known as Xixia. The script appears in Buddhist, legal, official, and other texts from the 11th century; the latest known inscription is dated 1502. It drew on Chinese and Khitan writing—the script of another people in the region—but remained distinct.
Is this a Tangut character or part of one?
It is an analysis sign for components of full Tangut characters.
𘣍 can label a component used to index or analyze a full Tangut ideograph; the label alone does not give the larger character one fixed meaning. This component inventory is a scholarly tool, not another everyday writing system.
Technical and scholarly: it points to Tangut-script indexing, analysis, or font support.
Alone, it labels a component; it is not a complete Tangut word.
Part of the collection
Who writes 𘣍
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsTreat it as a script sample or lookup target, not a complete Tangut word.
Questions people ask
1Why does this Tangut glyph show as a square?
The font has no glyph for this Tangut component. A font that supports Tangut Components can display the same character.
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How to type or find 𘣍
- Also called
- Tangut radical
- Search it as
- tangut component meaning · tangut ideograph · xixia script · radical index
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘣍\188CDCodes and encoding1 code points
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