U+17166 "𗅦" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17166 "𗅦" Tangut Ideograph-# is one of many logographs from the extinct Tangut script, which was used to write the Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in present-day northwestern China. This particular ideograph, identified by its unique hexadecimal code point in the Tangut block of the Unicode Standard, represents a specific word or morpheme in the Tangut language, though its exact meaning is often determined through comparative analysis of surviving Tangut texts and Chinese translations. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of this intricate writing system, which features thousands of complex characters.