U+18CAB "𘲫" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18CAB "𘲫" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic or syllabic glyph belonging to the Khitan Small Script, a writing system used historically by the Khitan people of the Liao dynasty in northern China (10th–12th centuries) to record the Khitan language. This script, which remains only partially deciphered, consists of hundreds of distinct characters that functioned in a complex manner, often representing entire words or syllables rather than individual sounds. The character itself appears as a stylized, abstract shape composed of straight and curved strokes, typical of the script's visual system, and it has been assigned its own unique code point in the Unicode Standard to facilitate digital preservation and scholarly study. Its exact phonetic or semantic value is still uncertain, as ongoing research and archaeological discoveries continue to unlock the meanings embedded within this extinct writing system.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𘲫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𘲫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x98 0xB2 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD823 0xDCAB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00018CAB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud823\udcab |
Unicode Properties