What 𘣜 means
It is a character part, not a word. The number 221 is an index label; the component's role depends on the full character.
Tangut writing was created for the Western Xia (Xixia) state in 1036 and served government records and Buddhist texts; it is attested as late as 1502 (1036–1502). Chinese writing influenced its design, while Khitan script-making offered an earlier precedent for a state-created script; Tangut remained distinct. Early dictionaries had no Tangut radical indexes; modern dictionaries use components to organize characters. Unicode also uses them in written descriptions of how full characters are built.
Neutral as a scholarly label; outside Tangut study, opaque on its own.
Do not treat it as a standalone Tangut word.
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Who writes 𘣜
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘣜 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 𘣜
- Search it as
- Tangut component 221 · Tangut radical · Xixia script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘣜\188DCCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.