U+17106 "𗄆" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17106 "𗄆" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single character from the script of the extinct Tangut language, which was the official written language of the Tangut Empire (Western Xia dynasty, 1038–1227 CE) in what is now northwestern China. This specific ideograph represents one of thousands of unique logographic symbols used in the Tangut script, which was devised in the 11th century to transcribe the Tangut language, a now-dead Tibeto-Burman language. The character is part of the Tangut block in Unicode, encoded to preserve and digitally represent this historical writing system, which was deciphered in the 20th century primarily through the study of bilingual inscriptions and texts. While the exact meaning and phonetic value of U+17106 may require specialist knowledge of Tangut philology, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and digital platforms can accurately store and display this rare character for ongoing research into Tangut history and linguistics.