U+18B52 "ð˜’" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18B52 "ð˜’" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic or syllabic grapheme from the Khitan Small Script, a writing system historically used by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in northern China between the 10th and 12th centuries. This character represents one of over 400 distinct signs in the script, which was employed primarily for recording the Khitan language, a now extinct Para-Mongolic language, on official monuments, epitaphs, and religious texts. The Khitan Small Script remains only partially deciphered by modern scholars, with the exact phonetic or semantic value of each character, including U+18B52, often still subject to ongoing research and debate. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that linguists and historians can digitally encode and study these rare inscriptions without data loss, preserving a crucial link to a vanished cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘭒 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘭒 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0xAD 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD822 0xDF52 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018B52 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud822\udf52 |
Unicode Properties