U+18B24 "𘬤" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘬤

U+18B24 "𘬤" 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 in northern China (907–1125 CE) to record the now-extinct Khitan language. This script, distinct from the larger and earlier Khitan Large Script, is composed of around 500 individual characters that function as syllabograms, each typically representing a single syllable, though their exact phonetic values are not fully deciphered by modern scholars. The character U+18B24 itself is assigned a generic placeholder label due to the incomplete understanding of the script, symbolizing the ongoing efforts of linguists and epigraphers to decode ancient Khitan texts from inscriptions and manuscripts. It was officially encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the "Khitansmall Script" block, included in version 13.0 in 2020, to support digital preservation and research of this rare and historically significant writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+18B24
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 𘬤
HTML Hex Encoding 𘬤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xAC 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDF24
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018B24
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udf24

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