What 𘤏 means
It labels one structural part, not a complete word. Tangut components help scholars describe and find whole characters.
Tangut writing emerged around 1036 in the Western Xia state (also called Xixia), for government correspondence, Buddhist translation, and political identity. Its forms reflect regional models, including the Khitan script, but Tangut was not derived from Chinese.
Questions people ask
1Why does Tangut component-272 show as a box?
Your font may lack this glyph. As of 2026, Noto Serif Tangut lists support for the Tangut Components block; choose a font with that coverage to display it.
How to type 𘤏
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1890F, then Alt+X to get 𘤏.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “tangut component-272”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1890f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘤏CSS
\1890FHow to type 𘤏
Use a Unicode-aware input method with hexadecimal entry for supplementary-plane code points; enter U+1890F.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘤏
HTML hex
𘤏
CSS content
content: "\1890F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%A4%8F
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.