What 𘧭 means
It is a structural component, not a standalone Tangut word.
Under Western Xia ruler Li Yuanhao, the Tangut script was disseminated in 1036 and used for state writing and Buddhist texts. Components are scholarly tools for describing and indexing Tangut characters; inside a larger character, they may contribute meaning or sound. The number 494 is a catalog label, not part of a Tangut word.
Which Tangut characters are filed under 𘧭?
One reference index files three ideographs under it.
Gerard Clauson's Skeleton Tangut, a research index arranged around 500 radicals (indexing components used to find characters), files 𘔧, 𘔨, and 𘔩 under 𘧭. This is a lookup relationship, not evidence that they share a translation. Tangut component systems vary among scholars; Unicode's encoded set draws on several dictionaries and publications. Placing 𘧭 beside another glyph does not automatically compose a new character.
Scholarly notation; in conversation, it reads as a reference mark, not a message.
The number 494 is a catalog label, not part of a Tangut word.
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Who writes 𘧭
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Questions people ask
1Why does Tangut component 494 show as a box?
A box usually means the selected font cannot draw this Tangut character. It is a display fallback, not another Tangut form; the text may still contain 𘧭.
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How to type or find 𘧭
- Search it as
- Xixia · Western Xia · Tangut radical · Tangut component · Tangut font · Tangut keyboard
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘧭\189EDCodes and encoding1 code points
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