U+17097 "𗂗" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17097 "𗂗" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single inscribed character from the extinct Tangut script, which was used to write the Tangut language of the Xixia Empire (1038–1227). This specific ideograph represents a logographic unit whose precise meaning and pronunciation have been identified by scholars through comparative analysis of the Tangut dictionary "The Pearl in the Palm" and other surviving manuscripts. As part of the Tangut block added to Unicode in version 9.0 (2016), this character enables digital preservation and study of a complex writing system that features over 6,000 distinct glyphs.