What 𘫿 means
It is a component, not a standalone Tangut word.
Modern Tangut dictionaries and research tools list 𘫿 as one of the pieces that build complete characters. Depending on the character around it, a component can contribute sound, meaning, or pure structure — which is why it has no settled translation or reading alone.
Tangut was the script of the Western Xia empire (Xixia), created in 1036 under emperor Li Yuanhao as a state project — an early prestige task was a Tangut Buddhist Canon. A Khara-khoto manuscript dated to the 12th or early 13th century already shows it carrying translated Chinese texts.
Is 𘫿 the same as 𘤻?
No — 𘫿 is the joined-stroke twin of Component-316 (𘤻).
Tangut components encode whether strokes join. After comparing historical dictionaries and manuscripts, Unicode 13.0 split the shape into two code points — 𘫿 joined, 𘤻 unjoined. The choice matters for indexing or transcribing real characters; on screen the pair confuses easily.
Specialist and archival: useful in Tangut study, not in ordinary conversation.
It is not a Chinese character and not a complete Tangut word — do not read it alone.
Drift: A 2023 Unicode proposal challenged Component-768 assignments in 𘄶 and 𘅱 — a reminder that manuscript-based component analysis can still be revised.
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3What is the pronunciation of 𘫿?
None of its own. A component borrows the sound of the complete Tangut character it sits inside; alone it has no fixed reading.
Why does 𘫿 show as an empty box?
Your font has no Tangut glyphs. Install a Tangut font — BabelStone's scan fonts map source scans to private-use points, so a look-alike glyph is not automatically this character.
Is Tangut still used today?
Not in everyday writing. It survives as scholarship: manuscripts, inscriptions and dictionaries from sites like Khara-khoto.
How to type 𘫿
𘫿\18AFFCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.