U+16FE4 "𖿤" Khitan Small Script Filler Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖿤
U+16FE4 "𖿤" Khitan Small Script Filler is a special glyph used in the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system employed by the Khitan people of northeastern Asia during the Liao Dynasty. This filler character does not represent a phonetic sound or a morpheme but instead functions as a visual placeholder or alignment marker within the script, helping to maintain consistent spacing and legibility in written texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representations of Khitan Small Script can accurately preserve the original layout and formatting of ancient manuscripts, aiding scholars in the study of this extinct language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16FE4 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Khitan Small Script Filler |
| Block | Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖿤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖿤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xBF 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDFE4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016FE4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udfe4 |