What 𘫟 means
By itself, it has no reliable translation or pronunciation.
Tangut component 736 is a structural part used inside larger Tangut characters. A part may contribute a clue to a character’s sound or meaning, but its isolated form does not tell you which.
The Western Xia court established Tangut writing around 1036 for government, Buddhist canon production, and a distinct political identity. By the 12th or early 13th century, manuscripts from Khara-khoto show it in Buddhist and secular works translated from Chinese.
Is Tangut Component-736 a complete character?
No; Unicode treats it as a component of larger Tangut characters.
Scholars use Tangut components to index characters in dictionaries and glossaries, study how they are formed, and write Ideographic Description Sequences—short strings that describe how a character is assembled. The Tangut reference book Sea of Characters, a dictionary that groups entries by rhyme, also links components to larger characters that may suggest sound or meaning. Components appear within historical writing; their separately encoded forms now help researchers analyze the script.
Scholarly and technical; this component is interpreted as part of a larger Tangut character.
Do not translate 𘫟 by itself; its role depends on the larger character.
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Questions people ask
1What does the number 736 mean?
It identifies this part in a component inventory; it is not a word meaning or pronunciation.
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How to type or find 𘫟
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- component 736 · Tangut radical · Tangut ideograph part · Tangut character part · U+18ADF · 18ADF · Tangut components
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘫟\18ADFCodes and encoding1 code points
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