Tangut Component-252

It is a catalog unit for analyzing Tangut character forms. Reference works use components to index and describe characters in the Tangut script, which wrote the Tangut language. Alone, 𘣻 identifies no word or pronunciation.

The Tangut script was introduced by imperial decree in 1036 and remained in use through 1502. Component-252 is a modern inventory label for a recurring shape; its number is not a Tangut reading, translation, or stroke count.

Why do Tangut components exist?

They let reference works organize recurring character shapes. Dictionaries use component or stroke systems to locate entries; researchers use components to describe how characters are assembled. Different dictionaries and researchers use different inventories.

The Tangut script was a distinct writing system modeled on Chinese writing, but this component belongs to Tangut writing. Unicode also uses Tangut components in Ideographic Description Sequences, short formulas that show how a larger character is arranged.

How do I type or display Tangut Component-252?

Use a Tangut input method and a font with coverage. For Rime, a configurable input-method framework, the community Xunpin scheme supports several modes as of 2026. Its phonetic mode uses Latin-letter spellings based on reconstructed Tangut pronunciation; other modes use strokes, four-corner shape codes, or components.

In ordinary text, this component is one encoded character; you do not assemble it from strokes. A square usually means the font in use lacks its glyph.