U+18CB8 "𘲸" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18CB8 "𘲸" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific grapheme from the Khitan Small Script, a logographic-syllabic writing system historically used to record the Khitan language, which was spoken by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in northern China. This character, represented by a unique and abstract graphical shape typical of the script, corresponds to a phonetic syllable or semantic unit within the undeciphered or partially deciphered Khitan corpus. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures digital preservation and scholarly access to this ancient script, allowing researchers to study, compare, and document its characters alongside other historical writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18CB8
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	𘲸
HTML Hex Encoding	𘲸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xB2 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD823 0xDCB8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018CB8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud823\udcb8

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