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tangut component-734

Tangut component 734

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𘫝 is a Tangut component used to describe and index characters in the historical Tangut script, not a standalone word. The number 734 is a modern catalog label, so the glyph has no single everyday translation. A blank box usually means your font lacks Tangut component coverage.

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What 𘫝 means

It is a structural Tangut component, not a standalone word.

Scholars use Tangut components to describe and index Tangut ideographs—the characters of the Tangut script. Components can also appear in Ideographic Description Sequences, strings that record how a character is built. That role does not give 𘫝 a single English translation.

The Tangut script was created in 1036 for state-building. A major project was translating Buddhist texts into Tangut, and the script gave the state a written identity distinct from Song China. One manuscript from Khara-Khoto, probably from the 12th or early 13th century, preserves Tangut translations of Chinese material.

Treat 𘫝 as research data, not a translation.

Tangut component inventories were not a single ancient standard: scholars organized forms using different dictionaries and publications, and Unicode brought these repertoires together. The number 734 is therefore a modern catalog label.

The mid-12th-century Sea of Characters is a Tangut rhyming dictionary that explains characters through parts associated with other characters. A source character could contribute a sound or meaning relationship, so an isolated component is not a fixed semantic label.

Tangut writing was influenced by the appearance and construction principles of Chinese writing, but it was not derived from Chinese. Its creation also belongs to a regional history of script-making that includes the nearby Khitan scripts. Those are historical connections, not interchangeable glyphs: 𘫝 is a Tangut component, not a Chinese radical.

This is specialist reference material: the component belongs in catalogues and font testing, not ordinary conversation.

Treat 734 as a catalog number, not a Tangut word.

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𘫝 show as a box?

It can: Unicode recognizes the character, but your active font may not include a Tangut Components glyph. A font with Tangut component coverage can display it.

Is 𘫝 a Chinese radical?

No. Tangut component inventories and Chinese radical systems are distinct. Tangut writing was influenced by Chinese, but 𘫝 is a Tangut component.

How to type or find 𘫝

Search it as
18add · tangut · component · radical · xixia · unicode
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 18ADD, then AltX to get 𘫝.
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-734”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 18add, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘫝
CSS
\18ADD
How to type 𘫝
A Unicode character map or Unicode input tool is the practical route for this specialist Tangut character.
Hexadecimal input
On systems with hexadecimal Unicode entry, type 18ADD and confirm; the exact key sequence depends on the operating system.
Font
As of 2026, Noto Serif Tangut is a documented font option with Tangut Components coverage.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘫝
HTML hex
𘫝
CSS content
content: "\18ADD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%AB%9D
1
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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