U+18B43 "𘭃" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18B43 "𘭃" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used between the 10th and 12th centuries for the Khitan language spoken by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in northern China. This character represents a particular logographic or syllabic element of the script, which was primarily employed for official inscriptions and documents. The exact phonetic or semantic value of this specific character remains undeciphered by modern linguists, as the Khitan Small Script is still only partially understood despite scholarly efforts. It was added to the Unicode Standard to preserve and enable digital representation of this ancient language's written artifacts, ensuring accessibility for future research and cultural heritage projects.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18B43
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	𘭃
HTML Hex Encoding	𘭃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xAD 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD822 0xDF43
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018B43
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud822\udf43

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