Tangut Component-155

It is a structural component, not a standalone Tangut word. Scholars use Tangut components to index and describe full Tangut characters. The number 155 identifies this entry in the component inventory; it does not give a pronunciation or translation.

Tangut script was developed under the first emperor of Western Xia about 1036 to write the Tangut language. It remained in use in the Yuan and Ming periods and became obsolete by the end of the Ming. The Unicode component inventory is a modern scholarly tool for studying those older characters.

A Tangut Buddhist book dated 1084 in the Khara Khoto collection has a colophon—a note at the end of a book—recording customers, copyists, editors, and woodblock carvers. It offers a glimpse of Tangut religious book production; the component inventory serves a different, scholarly purpose.

Why is Tangut Component-155 missing from my font?

A missing glyph is a font-support problem. This is a text character drawn by a font. If your font lacks Tangut Components support, it may show a box, blank, or fallback mark; fonts can draw the same character differently without changing its identity.

To enter 1889A as Unicode hexadecimal input, use an app that supports hex entry and confirm. The glyph will appear only if an available font contains it.

Can Tangut components combine?

Only in a formal description; placing glyphs side by side does not build a character. Unicode allows Tangut components in Ideographic Description Sequences, a formal notation for showing how an ideograph is structured. This component is not a combining mark.

Tangut dictionaries use different component inventories, and a component's role can depend on the character being analyzed. Treat 𘢚 as a structural clue in a documented analysis, not as a complete character with a fixed reading.