U+17CA3 "𗲣" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17CA3 "𗲣" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the ancient Tangut script, which was used to write the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This character, like all Tangut ideographs, represents a single morpheme or word, and its meaning is typically deciphered through comparative historical linguistics and the study of surviving Tangut texts, such as Buddhist sutras and legal documents. The Tangut script, characterized by its complex and highly intricate strokes, includes thousands of characters, and U+17CA3 is one of the many encoded in the Unicode Standard to preserve and facilitate digital access to this unique writing system.