U+18B24 "𘬤" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18B24 "𘬤" 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 northern China (907–1125 CE) to record the now-extinct Khitan language. This script, distinct from the larger and earlier Khitan Large Script, is composed of around 500 individual characters that function as syllabograms, each typically representing a single syllable, though their exact phonetic values are not fully deciphered by modern scholars. The character U+18B24 itself is assigned a generic placeholder label due to the incomplete understanding of the script, symbolizing the ongoing efforts of linguists and epigraphers to decode ancient Khitan texts from inscriptions and manuscripts. It was officially encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the "Khitansmall Script" block, included in version 13.0 in 2020, to support digital preservation and research of this rare and historically significant writing system.