U+17BAE "𗮮" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17BAE "𗮮" Tangut Ideograph-# is a logographic symbol from the Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038 1227) in what is now northwestern China. This specific ideograph represents a single morpheme or word within the Tangut writing system, which comprises thousands of distinct characters and was deciphered primarily through the discovery of multilingual inscriptions and dictionaries. As part of the Tangut block in Unicode, this character aids in the digital preservation and scholarly study of this historic script and the culture of the Tangut people.