U+18B3D "𘬽" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18B3D "𘬽" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a largely undeciphered writing system used by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in northern China from the 10th to the 12th centuries. This character, inventoried as part of the Unicode Standard since version 13.0 in 2020, represents an individual syllable or logographic symbol whose exact phonetic value and meaning remain unknown due to the limited number of surviving texts and the incomplete decipherment of the script. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital preservation and scholarly study of Khitan Small Script inscriptions can continue, allowing researchers to collate and analyze these rare historical documents more effectively.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18B3D
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	𘬽
HTML Hex Encoding	𘬽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xAC 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD822 0xDF3D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018B3D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud822\udf3d

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