U+18B2D "𘬭" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18B2D "𘬭" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic or syllabic glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a writing system used by the historical Khitan people to record their language during the Liao dynasty in northern China (10th to 12th centuries). This character is part of a large, complex script that remains only partially deciphered, with many signs like U+18B2D lacking a confirmed phonetic or semantic reading, as indicated by the placeholder hashtag symbol in its name. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures digital preservation and study of this extinct script, allowing researchers to systematically catalog over 400 known Khitan Small Script characters for future linguistic and historical analysis.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18B2D
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	𘬭
HTML Hex Encoding	𘬭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xAC 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD822 0xDF2D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018B2D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud822\udf2d

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