U+171AC "𗆬" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+171AC "𗆬" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific ideograph from the Tangut script, which was historically used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227 CE) in present-day northwestern China. This particular character is part of the Tangut Supplement block, which was added to Unicode to represent the thousands of unique, complex logograms that were created for the Tangut script, modeled after Chinese characters but distinct in form and structure. Its meaning is not universally glossed in standard databases, but like all Tangut characters, it encodes a discrete syllable or morpheme from that ancient language, which was deciphered by linguists through comparative analysis of surviving texts and dictionaries.