U+18CAC "𘲬" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘲬
U+18CAC "𘲬" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a logographic symbol belonging to the Khitan Small Script, an ancient writing system used by the Khitan people of northeastern Asia during the Liao dynasty (907–1125 CE). This specific glyph represents one of hundreds of characters in the script, which was primarily employed for the Khitan language and remains only partially deciphered by modern linguists. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard as part of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane allows for digital preservation and scholarly study of a writing system that played a crucial role in the historical record of a once powerful nomadic empire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18CAC |
| 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 | 𘲬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘲬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xB2 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD823 0xDCAC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018CAC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud823\udcac |
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 |