U+18B9E "𘮞" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘮞

U+18B9E "𘮞" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a writing system historically used by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in northern China to record the Khitan language, which remains only partially deciphered. This character, catalogued in the Unicode Standard under the Khitan Small Script block, represents a phonetic syllable or a morpheme within that script, contributing to the modern digital encoding of this ancient and rare writing system. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and linguists to study, preserve, and digitally represent the Khitan language, though the exact pronunciation and meaning of many such characters, including this one, are still subjects of ongoing research and debate.

General Properties

Code Point U+18B9E
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 𘮞
HTML Hex Encoding 𘮞
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xAE 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDF9E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018B9E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udf9e

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