What 𘣺 means
It is a lookup component, not a word with its own meaning. Component 251 is a structural entry for describing larger characters. Dictionaries use different component systems, so 251 is a catalogue label, not a translation.
The Tangut script was created around 1036 for Western Xia correspondence and Buddhist translation. It also appears in official, private and religious texts; scholars rediscovered it in the late 19th century.
Tangut is distinct from Chinese writing, though its forms drew on Chinese and earlier Khitan writing. A font may draw 𘣺, Tangut component 251, differently without changing the encoded component.
Technical and scholarly; it belongs in a Tangut text or character reference.
The number is a label, not a translation.
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Who writes 𘣺
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘣺 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𘣺
- Search it as
- tangut component · component 251 · tangut radical · xixia component · tangut script · xixia script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘣺\188FACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.