U+18171 "𘅱" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18171 "𘅱" Tangut Ideograph-# is a single glyph from the Tangut script, an ancient logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in northwestern China. This specific ideograph, whose exact meaning is determined by its context within deciphered Tangut texts, belongs to a large block of over 6,000 Tangut characters encoded in Unicode version 9.0 in 2016 to support digital preservation and scholarly research. The character is visually complex, constructed from dense, angular strokes typical of Tangut script, and it serves as a critical component for linguists and historians studying the language, culture, and governance of the Tangut Empire.