U+18BE9 "𘯩" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18BE9 "𘯩" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a single logographic or syllabic sign from the Khitan Small Script, a partially deciphered writing system used between the 10th and 12th centuries by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in northern China and Mongolia. This script is distinct from the earlier, more complex Khitan Large Script and was employed primarily for administrative and literary purposes until the empire’s fall. While its specific phonetic or semantic value remains uncertain due to the script's incomplete decipherment, the character belongs to the small block assigned by Unicode to aid in digital encoding and scholarly study of this historical writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18BE9
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	𘯩
HTML Hex Encoding	𘯩
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xAF 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD822 0xDFE9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018BE9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud822\udfe9

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