Tangut character 18351

It has no dependable one-word meaning outside its context.

The label “Tangut Ideograph-18351” identifies the character; it is not a translation. A single English word would overstate what the isolated glyph tells you, so the source text matters. Tangut was created under the first Western Xia emperor around 1036. It supported state-building through a Tangut Buddhist canon—a collection of scriptures—and a written identity distinct from the Song dynasty in China. After Western Xia fell, the script remained in use under the Yuan and Ming dynasties but was obsolete by the end of the Ming dynasty.

A manuscript from Khara-Khoto, probably from the 12th or early 13th century, preserves Tangut in a translated nonreligious text: dialogues between rulers and ministers about proper conduct. Tangut also appears in Buddhist scriptures, official texts, inscriptions, and manuscripts. These dates describe the script and the manuscript, not a first appearance of 𘍑.

Is 𘍑 Chinese?

No. 𘍑 belongs to Tangut, a separate script.

Tangut characters have square shapes that can resemble Chinese writing, but resemblance does not make this a Chinese character or reveal how it reads. Tangut was created after the Khitan, a neighboring people, had already developed a state script. That sequence is historical context, not evidence that 𘍑 can be replaced with a Chinese character.

In one Tangut Lotus Sutra manuscript, 𘍑 corresponds to Chinese 連 at one position and 陵 at another. The Tangut rhyme dictionary Sea of Writing lists it at 51.261; that is a dictionary location, not a standalone meaning.