What 𘡉 means
It is a structural piece, not a Tangut word. 𘡉 is one entry in the component systems scholars use to study Tangut writing. These pieces help organize dictionary entries and describe how a full Tangut character is built. Some components also act as dictionary radicals: the parts under which a dictionary groups entries. The number identifies the inventory item, not a translation.
Tangut writing was created around 1036 to write the Tangut language and remained in use into 1502. The modern component inventory brings together pieces from Chinese-, Japanese-, Russian-, and English-language dictionary traditions because scholars did not settle on one standard component set.
An Ideographic Description Sequence (IDS) is a row of symbols showing how the parts of a written character fit together; Tangut components can appear in one. The number 074 follows Unicode's sequential naming scheme for components; it is not a stroke count or historical rank.
How do I type Tangut Component-074?
Use Unicode-aware input or a code form.
U18849 is outside the Basic Multilingual Plane, so a standard keyboard layout may not have a direct key for it. Use a Unicode code-point input method if your editor offers one. Some fonts display Tangut ideographs but omit components; if 𘡉 appears as an empty box, choose a font that includes Tangut Components.
Technical and scholarly: use it for Tangut component analysis, dictionary indexing, or Unicode and font testing.
Do not translate 𘡉 as a Tangut word; it is a structural component.
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Questions people ask
2Why does Tangut Component-074 have a number?
It is an inventory label. Unicode names component entries in sequence, so 074 identifies this entry; it is not a reading, stroke count, or historical rank.
Why isn't Tangut Component-074 showing correctly?
A font may lack this component even if it displays Tangut ideographs. Try a font that includes the Tangut Components block.
How to type or find 𘡉
- Search it as
- Tangut component · Tangut radical · Tangut character parts · Tangut script · U+18849 · 𘡉
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘡉\18849𘡉 or 𘡉 in HTML.\U00018849 in a Python string.\u{18849} in modern JavaScript.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.


