U+18B09 "𘬉" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18B09 "𘬉" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic sign from the Khitan Small Script, a writing system historically used by the Khitan people of the Liao dynasty in northern China approximately from the 10th to the 12th centuries. This character represents a distinct syllable or concept within the script, which has only been partially deciphered by modern scholars. It is encoded in Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane as part of a block dedicated to preserving these ancient script symbols, aiding in digital archiving and research. The exact phonetic or semantic value of this particular glyph remains unclear due to the limited body of deciphered texts, but its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that future study and comparison with other Khitan inscriptions can continue.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18B09
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	𘬉
HTML Hex Encoding	𘬉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xAC 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD822 0xDF09
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018B09
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud822\udf09

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