U+18CA5 "𘲥" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18CA5 "𘲥" 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) to record the now-extinct Khitan language. This script, which is partially deciphered, employs a combination of logographic and phonetic symbols, and each character represents a distinct syllable or morpheme. While the exact phonetic value and meaning of U+18CA5 remain uncertain due to the limited and fragmentary nature of surviving texts, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that researchers and linguists can digitally encode and study these ancient inscriptions, preserving an essential part of East Asian cultural and linguistic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18CA5
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	𘲥
HTML Hex Encoding	𘲥
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xB2 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD823 0xDCA5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018CA5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud823\udca5

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