U+18C3E "𘰾" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18C3E "𘰾" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people of East Asia during the Liao dynasty (907–1125 CE) to represent the Khitan language. This script, which is partially logographic and phonographic, was deciphered through comparative analysis with Chinese historical records and surviving inscriptions, though many characters like this one remain incompletely understood. The character is encoded in Unicode’s Supplementary Multilingual Plane as part of efforts to preserve and digitally represent ancient scripts, facilitating research into Khitan language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18C3E
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	𘰾
HTML Hex Encoding	𘰾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xB0 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD823 0xDC3E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018C3E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud823\udc3e

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