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Tangut Component-728

𘫗 is a Tangut component used to analyze larger Tangut characters; on its own, it has no fixed word translation. The Tangut script, also called Xixia script, was created as part of building the Tangut state, and this numbered component label belongs mainly to scholarship and font work. A 2020 Unicode correction proposal records a nine-stroke design alongside the earlier eleven-stroke chart form.

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What 𘫗 means

It marks structure, not a standalone Tangut word.

Scholars use Tangut components to index and analyze larger written characters; different systems can divide them into different component sets. So 𘫗 is not a translation key: what it contributes depends on the complete character it helps describe.

The Tangut script was created in 1036 under emperor Li Yuanhao as part of building a Tangut state. It gave the state a distinct written identity and was used for a Tangut collection of Buddhist scriptures. The script remained in use through 1502. A manuscript from the Khara-Khoto settlement probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century and includes Buddhist texts, Chinese works translated into Tangut, Confucian teaching (a Chinese ethical tradition), military writing, and literature.

Is this a Tangut word or a component?

It is a component label, not a complete word.

The number 728 is a catalog label, not a pronunciation. Tangut writing drew on Chinese character-building principles but is a distinct script. Chinese radicals—parts used to classify or analyze Chinese characters—offer a structural comparison, not a translation. To read a Tangut word, you need the full character.

Technical and specialist: alone, 𘫗 reads as a component label for Tangut study, Unicode data, or font work.

Do not read 728 as a pronunciation or as the name of an old Tangut word.

Questions people ask

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Why does the Tangut component shape vary?

It can. The 2020 Unicode correction proposal contrasts the eleven-stroke chart form with a proposed nine-stroke design for this component; it presents the difference as a glyph correction.

How to type 𘫗

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 18AD7, then Alt+X to get 𘫗.
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-728”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 18ad7, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘫗
CSS
\18AD7
Unicode hex input
To type Tangut Component-728, enter 18AD7 in software that accepts Unicode hex input; a Tangut-capable font is needed to display it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘫗
HTML hex
𘫗
CSS content
content: "\18AD7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%AB%97
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On screen
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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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