U+18C08 "𘰈" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18C08 "𘰈" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a member of the Khitan Small Script block, which encodes the historical phonetic and logographic writing system used by the Khitan people during the Liao dynasty in northern China, roughly from the 10th to the 12th century. This specific character represents one of the script’s syllabic or logographic signs, though its exact phonetic or semantic value remains unidentified in many cases due to the limited corpus and incomplete decipherment of the Khitan language. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and scholarly study of this extinct script, contributing to a broader understanding of the cultural and linguistic history of East Asia.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18C08
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	𘰈
HTML Hex Encoding	𘰈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xB0 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD823 0xDC08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018C08
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud823\udc08

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