Tangut Component-248

𘣷 is a Tangut component, not a word to translate alone.

Xixia (Tangut) writing was created around 1036 under the first emperor of Western Xia to write the Tangut language. Complete Tangut characters are built from components; scholars use these pieces to index, describe, and analyze characters. No single component system is standard: Unicode brings together forms used in several dictionaries and publications.

After Western Xia fell to the Mongols, the script continued under the Yuan and Ming dynasties, becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty. Surviving examples include official, private, and religious texts: books and sutras, inscriptions, and manuscripts. Tangut was rediscovered in the late 19th century and largely deciphered in the early 20th century, especially through Nikolai Nevsky’s work.

Why does 𘣷 show as a box?

Your font may not contain a Tangut glyph.

If the font lacks this glyph, you may see a blank box or fallback mark. A Tangut-capable font can display it; another font can change its drawing without changing which character the text contains.

The 248 in Unicode’s component names is a sequence label, not a reading or dictionary definition. To read a Tangut word, use a complete character in context.