U+18B08 "𘬈" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘬈

U+18B08 "𘬈" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic or syllabic sign from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in northern China (10th–12th centuries). This script was employed to write the Khitan language, which remains largely undeciphered, and each character typically represents a single syllable or a semantic unit. The exact phonetic value and meaning of this particular character, designated by the placeholder "#" in its official name, are not yet fully determined by scholars due to the limited number of deciphered texts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard as part of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane ensures that researchers and linguists can digitally encode and study this rare script, preserving an important piece of East Asian linguistic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+18B08
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 𘬈
HTML Hex Encoding 𘬈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xAC 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDF08
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018B08
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udf08

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