U+18C44 "𘱄" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18C44 "𘱄" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic or syllabic glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people in East Asia during the 10th to 12th centuries. This script was primarily employed to write the Khitan language, which is now extinct and largely undeciphered, though modern scholars have made progress in identifying some of its phonetic and semantic values through comparative analysis with Chinese texts and other sources. The character itself is part of a complex set of symbols that were often used in official inscriptions, memorial stelae, and administrative documents, representing a unique cultural and linguistic heritage from the Liao dynasty. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard under the Supplementary Multilingual Plane ensures its preservation and enables digital representation for academic research, historical reconstruction, and linguistic study.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘱄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘱄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0xB1 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD823 0xDC44 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018C44 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud823\udc44 |
Unicode Properties