U+18B23 "𘬣" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘬣

U+18B23 "𘬣" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty (907–1125 CE) in northern China. This script was employed to record the Khitan language, which is now extinct and largely undeciphered, though scholars have made progress in identifying some phonetic and logographic values. The character itself represents one of hundreds of distinct symbols in the script, which combines elements of Chinese logograms with phonetic components, and its precise meaning and sound remain unknown due to the fragmentary nature of surviving texts. As part of the Unicode Standard since version 13.0 (2020), this character has been encoded to preserve and facilitate digital research on this ancient and enigmatic writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+18B23
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 𘬣
HTML Hex Encoding 𘬣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xAC 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDF23
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018B23
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udf23

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