U+17111 "𗄑" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17111 "𗄑" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language spoken by the Tangut people during the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China. This ideograph is part of the Tangut block in Unicode, which was added to the standard to preserve and digitally encode the thousands of complex logographic symbols that were developed from the 11th century onward. The character itself represents a specific word or concept in the Tangut language, though its exact meaning is often identified through expert study of surviving manuscripts and dictionaries. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and software can represent this ancient text in modern digital environments, supporting research into the history and linguistics of the Western Xia civilization.