U+18BCF "𘯏" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘯏

U+18BCF "𘯏" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a grapheme from the Khitan Small Script, a historic writing system used by the Khitan people during the Liao dynasty in northern China. This script was employed to write the Khitan language, which is now extinct and remains only partially deciphered by modern linguists through comparative analysis with Chinese historical records. The specific character represents a syllable or morpheme within the script’s logographic and phonetic framework, though its precise phonetic value and meaning are not fully understood due to the incomplete decipherment of the writing system. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and digital archivists can preserve and study this rare script in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+18BCF
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 𘯏
HTML Hex Encoding 𘯏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xAF 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDFCF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018BCF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udfcf

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