U+18C57 "𘱗" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18C57 "𘱗" Khitan Small Script Character-# is part of the Khitan Small Script block, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people to record their language during the Liao dynasty in northern China (907–1125 CE). This specific character is a logograph or a phonetic element from the script, which remains partially undeciphered despite scholarly efforts, and its exact meaning or sound has not been definitively assigned. As a digital representation in Unicode, it preserves a fragment of a lost linguistic tradition, allowing researchers and enthusiasts to study or display this ancient script in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18C57
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	𘱗
HTML Hex Encoding	𘱗
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xB1 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD823 0xDC57
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018C57
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud823\udc57

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