U+18C05 "𘰅" Khitan Small Script Character-# Unicode Character

U+18C05 "𘰅" Khitan Small Script Character-# is a logographic sign from the Khitan Small Script, a writing system historically used by the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty to write the Khitan language, which is now extinct. This script, deciphered incompletely since the 20th century, comprises hundreds of such characters that represent syllables or morphemes rather than individual sounds. The specific glyph "𘰅" belongs to a block added to Unicode in version 13.0 to enable digital preservation of this ancient script, which is critical for scholarly research into Khitan history and linguistic connections to other Para-Mongolic languages. While its exact phonetic value remains uncertain due to the partial nature of decipherment, its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that this fragment of a lost writing tradition can be encoded, studied, and displayed correctly across modern computing systems.