U+18C4A "𘱊" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18C4A "𘱊" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people of northern China during the Liao dynasty (907–1125 CE). This script was employed to record the now-extinct Khitan language, and individual characters like this one typically represent syllables or phonemes rather than single letters. The exact phonetic value and meaning of character # (numbered for reference in the Unicode standard) remain incompletely understood due to the limited number of deciphered texts, but it contributes to the ongoing scholarly effort to reconstruct Khitan language and history.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18C4A
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	𘱊
HTML Hex Encoding	𘱊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xB1 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD823 0xDC4A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018C4A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud823\udc4a

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