U+18BF9 "𘯹" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘯹

U+18BF9 "𘯹" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a partially deciphered writing system used to record the Khitan language, which was spoken by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in northern China and Mongolia from the 10th to the 12th centuries. This script is composed of hundreds of characters, many of which represent syllables or logograms, and scholars work to reconstruct its phonetic and semantic values through comparative study with Chinese historical records and the related Khitan Large Script. The character denoted by this code point is one of many such symbols that remain under active research, as the small script was rediscovered in the 20th century on monuments and artifacts. Its inclusion in Unicode represents a critical step for digital preservation and scholarly analysis of this extinct language and its unique orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+18BF9
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 𘯹
HTML Hex Encoding 𘯹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xAF 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD822 0xDFF9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018BF9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud822\udff9

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