What 𘣥 means
𘣥 is a component, not a complete Tangut word. It is a structural piece used in Tangut writing; by itself, it has no independent word translation. The full character containing it carries the reading and meaning.
The Tangut script was promulgated for the Western Xia state, also called Xixia, in 1036 and served official, legal, and Buddhist texts. Evidence places its use as late as 1502. Those dates describe the script’s history, not a separate word meaning for 𘣥.
Why is it listed separately?
Its position helps describe the full character. A historical Tangut dictionary grouped full characters by head, left, central, right, or lateral components, often pairing a component with an example character.
Modern Tangut dictionaries and ideographic description sequences (short notations showing a character’s component layout) use components to locate and analyze full characters. A component may contribute meaning, sound, or only structure in a given character; the whole character supplies the word’s reading and meaning.
Specialist and archival: alone, it works as a Tangut-script specimen or Unicode reference.
Do not translate 𘣥 by itself; the full Tangut character carries the word’s reading and meaning.
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Who writes 𘣥
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA component specimen or research label, not a complete word.
Questions people ask
1Why can 𘣥 look different in another font?
A 2007 Unicode proposal describes regular, running, and cursive Tangut styles, which can change stroke shapes. That is a font drawing difference; it does not change the encoded component.
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How to type or find 𘣥
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- tangut script · xixia script · western xia writing · tangut components · tangut ideograph · tangut component list
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘣥\188E5Codes and encoding1 code points
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