What 𘧣 means
It is a component used to describe larger Tangut characters.
Tangut characters were analyzed into structural components. Unicode encodes these components so scholars can index and describe larger characters. In an Ideographic Description Sequence, components can also show layout, such as left/right, top/bottom, or enclosure.
Is 𘧣 a word? No. A component has no single fixed translation by itself; its role depends on the larger Tangut character and where the component sits.
Its job changed from writing to indexing.
The Tangut script wrote the Tangut language in the Western Xia state and served government, legal, and religious life. Its documented history spans the 11th–16th centuries. Tangut Buddhist texts continued into the Yuan period, after Western Xia fell.
Catalogues use components to identify and describe Tangut characters. H2004-122 and R131 are labels from different cataloguing systems. A radical index is a character-finding system: its R131 group files 𘧣 alongside the four Tangut characters listed as related here.
How can I type 𘧣?
Use a Unicode-aware picker or a supported code-point escape.
Search U189E3 in a Unicode-aware character picker. In Python, use \U000189E3; in languages that support braced escapes, use \u{189E3}.
An empty square means the selected font lacks a Tangut glyph for this character. A font with Tangut coverage can display it; the box is a font issue, not a different character design.
Scholarly and technical: it appears in Tangut cataloguing, character analysis, and Unicode or font work.
Do not read it as a complete word; its part depends on the larger character.
Part of the collection
Who writes 𘧣
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘧣 show as a box?
It is a font-coverage issue: the selected font lacks a glyph for this Tangut character. A font with Tangut coverage can display it; the box does not indicate another character.
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How to type or find 𘧣
- Also called
- H2004-122 · Tangut radical 122 · R131
- Search it as
- tangut radical r131 · xixia script · western xia script · tangut radical index · tangut component meaning
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘧣\189E3\U000189E3; in languages that support braced escapes, use \u{189E3}.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.