U+170DC "𗃜" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+170DC "𗃜" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in what is now northwestern China. This character belongs to a large block of Tangut ideographs encoded in Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, which were deciphered from historical manuscripts and inscriptions. The exact meaning or phonetic value of U+170DC is not commonly documented outside specialized linguistic research, as the Tangut script comprises thousands of complex characters, many still under scholarly analysis. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation and study of this historically significant script, enabling researchers to represent, search, and analyze Tangut texts in modern computing environments.