What 𘧳 means
No; it is a component for indexing Tangut characters, not a word.
Here, a radical groups dictionary entries for lookup. Tangut components also appear in Ideographic Description Sequences, short strings showing how a character is assembled. “500” is an inventory label. Tangut writing was formalized in 1036 for state-building and likely for a Buddhist canon. The oldest Tangut document we know of is dated 1072. Buddhist use continued after the Tangut state fell; pillars with dhāraṇī (Buddhist sacred formulas) date to 1502.
Technical: a structural component used to analyze and index Tangut characters.
“500” is an inventory label, not a translation.
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Who writes 𘧳
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘧳 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tangut Components block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𘧳
- Search it as
- xixia · tangut · radical · tangut dictionary · tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘧳\189F3Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.