U+18C69 "𘱩" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𘱩

U+18C69 "𘱩" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic or syllabic sign within the Khitan Small Script, a writing system used by the Khitan people in northern China during the Liao dynasty (907–1125 CE) to record their now extinct Mongolic language. This character belongs to a set of over 400 known glyphs that were decoded through painstaking analysis of bilingual inscriptions and manuscript fragments. As a structural element, its precise phonetic value or meaning remains partially inferred, but it represents a vital piece of linguistic history that scholars continue to study to reconstruct the sound system and vocabulary of the Khitan language. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode Standard ensures its digital preservation and allows researchers to transcribe and share ancient texts accurately.

General Properties

Code Point U+18C69
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 𘱩
HTML Hex Encoding 𘱩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x98 0xB1 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD823 0xDC69
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00018C69
C/C++/Java Escape \ud823\udc69

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