U+18CD4 "𘳔" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘳔
U+18CD4 "𘳔" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a specific glyph from the Khitan Small Script, a historical writing system used by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty in East Asia, primarily during the 10th through 12th centuries, to represent their now-extinct language. This character, identified only by its abstract codepoint label and not linked to a particular phonetic or semantic value, was encoded in Unicode to support the digital preservation and study of this ancient script. Its inclusion helps linguists and historians accurately transcribe and analyze Khitan texts, maintaining a vital connection to a unique cultural and linguistic legacy that has only recently seen significant scholarly progress in decipherment.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18CD4 |
| 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 | 𘳔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘳔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xB3 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD823 0xDCD4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018CD4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud823\udcd4 |
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 |