U+18BB8 "𘮸" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18BB8 "𘮸" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic or syllabic sign from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people of Northeast Asia during the Liao Dynasty (907–1125 CE). This script was employed primarily for writing the now-extinct Khitan language and features a mixture of ideographic characters derived from Chinese characters and phonetic components. The exact reading and meaning of this particular character remain uncertain to scholars, as the script has only been partially deciphered. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard under the Supplementary Multilingual Plane helps preserve and enable the digital representation of this ancient script for linguistic research and historical study.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘮸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘮸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0xAE 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD822 0xDFB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018BB8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud822\udfb8 |
Unicode Properties