U+17EC4 "𗻄" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+17EC4 "𗻄" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific symbol from the Tangut script, a historical writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in present-day northwestern China. This character belongs to the Tangut Ideographs block in Unicode, which encodes thousands of logograms that represent words or morphemes, and its meaning is documented in the classic Tangut dictionary "Homophones" as representing the word for "scorpion." As with many Tangut characters, its pronunciation and usage are reconstructed from archaeological manuscripts and lexicons, and its inclusion in the Unicode Standard enables digital preservation and study of this unique medieval script.