What 𘥴 means
It is a Tangut component, not a standalone word. Recurring stroke assemblies such as 𘥴 help scholars analyze and index larger Tangut characters. The complete character carries the readable word or syllable, so this piece has no dependable word-level translation. Tangut writing resembles Chinese characters but records a separate language.
Tangut writing was created in 1036 under Western Xia ruler Li Yuanhao to support state-building, translate Buddhist texts, and express a distinct Tangut identity. The 1036 date belongs to the script as a whole, not to this component. Later Tangut texts included religious, official, literary, and translated works. A list of Tangut components came from a book printed with carved wooden blocks that sold at auction in 2014; a 2018 Unicode proposal linked 𘥴 to an entry in that list.
Scholarly and technical: it identifies a component for studying and indexing Tangut characters.
Do not assign the component a word-level translation by itself.
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Who writes 𘥴
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘥴 show as a box?
The viewing font lacks a glyph for Tangut Components. As of 2026, Noto Serif Tangut lists support for both Tangut and Tangut Components; missing coverage changes the display, not the character.
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How to type or find 𘥴
- Also called
- Xixia component 373
- Search it as
- Tangut writing · Tangut script · Tangut font · Tangut radical
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘥴\18974Codes and encoding1 code points
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