Tangut character 18245

Its historical reading depends on the Tangut word around it.

Tangut lexicon entries associate the character with distinct words, including “fox” and “tail.” Those are separate readings, not interchangeable captions for the glyph.

In 𘉅𗋅, this character is part of a Tangut word transcribed in scholarly Latin letters as dza lwu and glossed “mixed up.” The word’s context gives a more specific reading than the Unicode identifier, which names a character rather than translating it.

How did Tangut writing begin?

It was created for a kingdom’s language, religion, and identity.

Tangut writing was created under the first ruler of Western Xia, the Tangut kingdom, around 1036. It supported state administration and Buddhist writing in Tangut, including the Tangut Buddhist Canon, a large collection of Buddhist scriptures, and marked an identity distinct from Song China. Its designers followed neighboring Khitan models for state scripts and drew on Chinese visual and compositional conventions; Tangut writing was not derived from Chinese.

A surviving manuscript found at Khara-Khoto, a ruined city, is probably from the 12th or early 13th century. After Western Xia fell in 1227, Tangut writing continued in religious and other texts under the Yuan and Ming dynasties before becoming obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.

What does 𘉅 mean in a message?

Alone in a modern message, it is an unexplained Tangut character.

Its historical “fox” and “tail” entries do not establish what a sender means here. Ask what text or source they are quoting before assigning it a tone.