What 𘪾 means
It describes character structure, not a word.
Scholars use Tangut components to organize dictionary entries and describe how full characters are built. An Ideographic Description Sequence (IDS) describes a character's structure; it is structural notation, not a word.
Tangut was spoken in Western Xia, in present-day northwestern China. Its script was created under the state's first emperor around 1036 to write Tangut. It appears in Buddhist writings and works translated from Chinese, and remained in use into the 16th century.
A scholarly reference sign for organizing Tangut characters; display depends on font support.
Alone, it does not reliably spell a Tangut word.
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Who writes 𘪾
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘪾 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 𘪾
- Search it as
- Xixia · Xixia script · Tangut radical · Tangut IDS · Tangut components · Tangut script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘪾\18ABECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.