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tangut component-716

Tangut Component 716

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𘫋 is a Tangut component: scholars use such parts to find and describe characters in Tangut writing, also called Xixia script. It is a study sign, not a Tangut word. The script is dated to 1036, before Western Xia became a kingdom; surviving texts include Buddhist works, Chinese translations, laws and literature, with use attested through 1502. Tangut characters borrow Chinese strokes but write another language.

Text symbol

What 𘫋 means

It is a structural component used to study Tangut characters.

The number 716 is a catalogue label, not a translation. Scholars use Tangut components to find characters in dictionaries and describe their structure in Ideographic Description Sequences—short recipes that show how a character’s parts fit together.

A font must include Tangut glyphs to display this character; without that coverage, it may appear as a missing-glyph box.

Scholarly notation; opaque in ordinary messages without context.

716 is a catalogue label, not a translation.

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Who writes 𘫋

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𘫋 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Tangut Components block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.

How to type or find 𘫋

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Tangut script · Xixia script · Western Xia script · Tangut components · Tangut radicals · Tangut Ideographic Description Sequence
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 18ACB, then AltX to get 𘫋.
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-716”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 18acb, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘫋
CSS
\18ACB
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘫋
HTML hex
𘫋
CSS content
content: "\18ACB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%AB%8B
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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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