Khitan Small Script Character 18B55

𘭕 is a character in the Khitan small script, which wrote the Khitan language. Created around 925 under the Liao dynasty, its character forms drew on Chinese writing and its phonetic system was inspired by the Uyghur script, a writing system used by Turkic peoples. Dated small-script epitaphs range from 1053 to 1171. Rediscovered in 1922, the script was abolished under Jin rule in 1191; Jurchen writing later adapted it.

Text symbol

What 𘭕 means

Its Unicode name is an index, not a pronunciation. Unicode assigns names sequentially by code point, not by meaning or sound.

The 2026 Unicode Standard says sound signs usually join into clusters of two to eight to spell a word; some signs stand for whole words. Clusters need special support in vertical or horizontal text, while a linear display leaves them in a row.

Part of the collection

𘬣

Khitan Small Script

Who writes 𘭕

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Questions people ask

Why does 𘭕 show as a box on some devices?

It is recent: Unicode added it in version 13.0 (2020), and phones and computers whose fonts are older than that have nothing to draw it with. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.