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tangut component-426

Tangut Component 426

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𘦩 is a Tangut component (sometimes called a Tangut radical in dictionary indexes), not a standalone word to translate. The Xixia script began around 1036 as part of Western Xia state-building; it supported a Buddhist canon and a distinct written identity. Scholars use components to index and describe full Tangut characters, so this glyph is a structural reference, not a word to pronounce.

Text symbol

What 𘦩 means

No. It helps index and describe full Tangut characters.

The Tangut or Xixia script served the Western Xia state in Buddhist texts, Chinese translations, laws, literature, and official records. It drew on Chinese writing and developed in a region where Khitan writing was also used.

In Tangut dictionaries, a radical is the part used to organize entries; scholars also use components to describe the structure of a whole character. In this component record, 𘦩 has no standalone word meaning or ordinary reading. To translate a Tangut word, identify the full character and read it in context.

Why does Tangut Component 426 have no ordinary reading?

It names a structural part, not a complete Tangut word.

Tangut dictionaries use different systems for dividing characters into components. The Unicode component set brings together parts used in reference works and adds forms needed to describe character structure.

Its number is a catalog label, not an old Tangut word name.

What should I do if someone sends Tangut Component 426?

It is a component reference, not a translated message.

If it arrives alone, read it as “a Tangut component” or “a structural-analysis reference.” Ask for the complete Tangut character or the source passage before translating it.

In ordinary chat, it reads as a specialist reference to Tangut-script study or Unicode analysis.

Highly technical; it signals Tangut-script study or Unicode analysis.

Do not translate it as a word: this code point names a structural component.

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Who writes 𘦩

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

A component used to index or describe a complete Tangut character.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𘦩 show as a box?

Font-dependent. In a font without Tangut coverage, the character may appear as a box or replacement glyph.

How to type or find 𘦩

Search it as
Tangut radical · Xixia radical · Tangut components · Xixia script · Tangut parts · U+189A9
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 189A9, then AltX to get 𘦩.
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-426”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 189a9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘦩
CSS
\189A9
Hexadecimal Unicode input
Enter 189A9 in a Unicode input tool that accepts hexadecimal code points. This produces the exact Tangut component.
Typing a Tangut word
Enter the complete ideograph for the word; 𘦩 is only a structural component, not a substitute.
Font coverage
In a font without Tangut coverage, the glyph may display as a box or replacement character; the text still contains 𘦩.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘦩
HTML hex
𘦩
CSS content
content: "\189A9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%A6%A9
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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.

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