Tangut Component-764

It identifies a part of a Tangut ideograph for scholarly analysis. Components index characters in dictionaries, describe their structure, and write Ideographic Description Sequences — compact strings showing how a character is assembled. Read 𘫻 as notation, not a word.

The Tangut script was created around 1036 under the first Western Xia emperor — the empire the Chinese called Xixia — partly to print a Buddhist canon and mark a state identity distinct from Song China. A Khara-Khoto manuscript leaf probably dates to the 12th or early 13th century.

Tangut dictionaries differ: one element can carry unrelated meanings as a radical (the indexing part) and unrelated sounds as a phonetic (the sound clue). Component-764 records an analysis, not a fixed translation.

Why is 𘫻 separate from 𘡖?

It preserves a proposed distinction between two nearly identical forms. Unicode split it from Component-087 (𘡖) after small, systematic glyph differences were tied to different readings in some entries — protecting data, not adding meaning.

The evidence is messier than the chart: 𘫻 appears in some forms of Components 591 (𘩎) and 592 (𘩏) where others write 087, and inside ideograph 𘴁 it counts as a special 087 form — no consistent rule.

How do I type 𘫻?

No key types it — use explicit Unicode input. In Word, type 18AFB then Alt+X; on Linux, Ctrl+Shift+U then 18afb and Enter; in HTML, 𘫻. Every route needs a Tangut-capable font, or it renders as a blank box.

Fonts blur it too — Tangut fonts draw components differently. Check the code point, not the outline.