U+18BB8 "𘮸" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘮸

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

Code Point U+18BB8
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 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

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