U+18313 "𘌓" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+18313 "𘌓" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific character from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used to record the extinct Tangut language spoken during the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227) in what is now northwestern China. This character, assigned the provisional name "Tangut Ideograph-#" pending a definitive identification, is part of the Tangut block in Unicode, which contains thousands of complex ideographs that remain partially deciphered by scholars. The Tangut script, inspired by Chinese characters but distinct in structure and pronunciation, was deciphered in the early 20th century through multilingual inscriptions like the "Precious Pagoda" steles, yet many characters like this one still lack a fully confirmed semantic or phonetic meaning due to the limited surviving texts.