U+18C16 "𘰖" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘰖

U+18C16 "𘰖" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people to record the Khitan language during the Liao Dynasty in northern China (10th-12th centuries). This script, which is composed of over 300 characters derived from Chinese logograms and phonetic elements, was primarily employed for administrative and ceremonial inscriptions, and it remains only partially deciphered by modern scholars. The character "𘰖" itself is identified by its unique code point in Unicode’s Supplementary Multilingual Plane, representing one of the many undeciphered or phonetically assigned symbols that scholars continue to study through archaeological artifacts like memorial stelae and bronze mirrors. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve a crucial link to the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Khitan Empire.

General Properties

Code Point U+18C16
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 𘰖
HTML Hex Encoding 𘰖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xB0 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD823 0xDC16
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018C16
C/C++/Java Escape \ud823\udc16

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