What 𘪎 means
It is a component used to index and describe complete Tangut characters.
Scholars use Tangut components as filing clues in modern dictionaries. A radical index groups complete characters by one of their parts. An Ideographic Description Sequence (IDS) is a short notation that shows how parts are arranged. Depending on the software, an IDS may remain visible as separate pieces or be rendered as the character it describes.
What is the history behind Tangut writing?
Tangut was created for the Western Xia state.
Tangut writing was created around 1036 for the Western Xia state and used in government and Buddhist texts. It remained in Buddhist use after 1227, when Western Xia fell. These dates describe the script's history, not an independent word meaning for 𘪎.
Specialist and archival: it belongs in Tangut character indexes and structural descriptions rather than ordinary writing.
Do not assign a word meaning to 𘪎 by itself; identify the complete Tangut character.
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Who writes 𘪎
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘪎 show as a box?
Usually, the font or app cannot draw Tangut characters. Use one with Tangut support; the box is a display fallback, not a different character.
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How to type or find 𘪎
- Search it as
- 18a8e · tangut component 655 · tangut radical 655 · tangut component · xixia · tangut ids · tangut font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘪎\18A8ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.