What 𘪹 means
It is an indexing unit, not a word to translate. Some references call these units Tangut radicals. Scholars use components to index and analyze Tangut characters, but dictionaries do not share one component set; 𘪹 has no dependable pronunciation or translation by itself.
In 1036, Tangut writing was ordered for state-building in Western Xia (Xixia), including a Buddhist canon and a distinct identity from Song China. It also carried secular translations. Surviving late-twelfth-century and thirteenth-century sources are mostly Buddhist, preserving a later religious and printing history.
If your font lacks 𘪹, it may appear as a box, and fonts may draw it differently. Unicode 18.0 describes chart glyphs as reference shapes, not required designs.
Specialist notation for studying Tangut writing.
Do not translate the lone glyph as a complete Tangut word.
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Who writes 𘪹
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘪹 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𘪹
- Search it as
- tangut · xixia · tangut component · tangut radical · xixia component · u+18ab9
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘪹\18AB9Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.