U+18CCE "𘳎" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18CCE "𘳎" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific logographic symbol from the Khitan Small Script, a writing system used by the Khitan people during the Liao dynasty in northern China (907–1125 CE). This script was employed to write the now extinct Khitan language, distinct from Chinese, and was only deciphered in part over the past century through archaeological findings. The character itself represents a unique glyph within a large syllabary repertoire that blends phonetic and semantic elements, though its exact pronunciation or meaning is not fully known due to the limited corpus and ongoing scholarly research. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for linguistic and historical study.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18CCE
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	𘳎
HTML Hex Encoding	𘳎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x98 0xB3 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD823 0xDCCE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00018CCE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud823\udcce

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