Tangut Component 513

It is a Tangut component for describing larger characters.

“Component-513” is an index label, not a translation. Is 𘨀 a complete Tangut character? Yes, it is a Unicode character assigned a component role, not a Tangut word to read by itself. In formal description sequences, components can be arranged to show the parts of larger Tangut characters.

The Tangut script was created under the first Western Xia emperor around 1036 to write Tangut, a language in the Tibeto-Burman family. Its surviving record includes official, private, and religious texts: books, sutras, inscriptions, and manuscripts. This component inventory is a modern scholarly tool for describing and indexing the script.

Why does 𘨀 look like Chinese?

Tangut is a separate script for the Tangut language. Its dense, square characters can bring Chinese writing to mind, but that resemblance does not give 𘨀 a Chinese reading.

Tangut was written in vertical columns. After Western Xia fell to the Mongols, Tangut writing continued into the Yuan and Ming periods before becoming obsolete. In modern scholarship, component inventories, stroke order, and digital fonts help organize the surviving record.

How do I type 𘨀?

Enter 18A00 with a hexadecimal Unicode input method.

Ordinary keyboard layouts do not have a Tangut key. If the character appears missing, check font support.