U+18B80 "𘮀" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18B80 "𘮀" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a logographic writing system used by the Khitan people to record their language during the Liao dynasty in northern China (907–1125 CE). This character represents one of the approximately 470 distinct signs in the script, which was derived from Chinese characters but adapted phonetically and semantically to fit the Khitan language, a member of the Para-Mongolic family. Unlike its larger counterpart, the Khitan Large Script, the Small Script combined phonetic and semantic elements to form complex blocks of text. Deciphering these characters remains a challenging historical linguistic puzzle, as many, including U+18B80, have not yet been fully contextualized or assigned a definitive meaning. Its inclusion in Unicode as part of the Khitan Small Script block (U+18B00–U+18CFF) ensures its preservation for digital research and scholarly study.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘮀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘮀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0xAE 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD822 0xDF80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018B80 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud822\udf80 |
Unicode Properties