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𘨦

tangut component-551

Tangut Component-551

𘨦 is a Tangut component, a structural part used to index and describe larger Tangut characters, not a word with its own translation. Some components serve as dictionary radicals. The number is a modern catalogue label; Tangut writing was already used in the Western Xia period.

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What 𘨦 means

It is a catalogued structural part, not a Tangut word with its own translation.

The Sea of Characters, a Tangut dictionary from the mid-12th century, analyzed characters by their parts. The Tangut script, also called Xixia writing, served official and cultural needs in the Western Xia Empire (1038–1227). Its numbered component inventory brings together systems found in scholarly works and dictionaries in several languages.

Some Tangut components double as dictionary radicals—indexing labels that group full characters—and digital descriptions can combine components to show how a character is built. But the isolated 𘨦 does not tell you the meaning or pronunciation of a complete Tangut character.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𘨦 appear as an empty box?

Your active font may lack Tangut glyph coverage. An empty box or fallback mark means that font cannot display the glyph; the character's identity stays the same.

How to type 𘨦

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 18A26, then Alt+X to get 𘨦.
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-551”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 18a26, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘨦
CSS
\18A26
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘨦
HTML hex
𘨦
CSS content
content: "\18A26";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%A8%A6
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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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