U+18056 "𘁖" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18056 "𘁖" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, a historically significant writing system used for the extinct Tangut language spoken in the Western Xia Empire (11th–13th centuries). This ideograph represents an individual logograph from a large corpus of approximately 6,000 known Tangut characters, which were designed under the reign of Emperor Li Yuanhao to emulate Chinese script while remaining structurally distinct. The character's unique stroke composition and meaning are documented in the Unicode Standard as part of the Tangut block (U+17000–U+187FF), which facilitates digital encoding, preservation, and scholarly study of this medieval script. Its specific meaning, often deciphered through bilingual inscriptions and lexicographic research, contributes to ongoing efforts to reconstruct Tangut phonology and grammar from surviving manuscripts.