U+18B02 "𘬂" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘬂
U+18B02 "𘬂" Khitan Small Script Character-# is part of the Khitan Small Script block, a writing system historically used by the Khitan people of the Liao dynasty in northern China (907–1125 CE) to write the Khitan language. This specific character represents a syllabic or phonetic element within the script, though its exact reading and meaning are not fully deciphered because the Khitan Small Script remains only partially understood by modern scholars. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that researchers and linguists can digitally preserve and analyze this rare script, which is crucial for ongoing efforts to decode the language and culture of the Khitan Empire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18B02 |
| 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 | 𘬂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘬂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xAC 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDF02 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018B02 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udf02 |
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 |