U+18B00 "𘬀" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘬀

U+18B00 "𘬀" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph within the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people during the Liao Dynasty (907–1125 CE) to record the now-extinct Khitan language. This character belongs to a syllabary that was employed primarily for administrative, literary, and religious purposes, bridging the gap between Chinese logographic influence and a more phonetic phonographic system. As part of a script that was deciphered only in the early 21st century through careful analysis of bilingual inscriptions and archaeological findings, U+18B00 represents a discrete syllabic or phonetic value, contributing to our understanding of this unique medieval East Asian writing system that holds significant cultural and historical importance.

General Properties

Code Point U+18B00
Version Added 13.0
Name Khitan Small Script Character-#
Block Khitan Small Script
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𘬀
HTML Hex Encoding 𘬀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xAC 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDF00
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018B00
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udf00

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Khitan Small Script
Script Extensions Khitan Small Script
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes