Khitan Small Script character

𘮖 is one character in Khitan Small Script, used to write the Khitan language. A 2026 study questions the traditional date around 925 CE; the first securely dated text is a 1051 epitaph. Chinese-character forms and Uyghur writing shaped it; used under Liao, Qara Khitai, and Jin, it later influenced Jurchen scripts. Word and sound signs make the glyph's role depend on context; its code-based Unicode name isn't a translation.

Text symbol

What 𘮖 means

𘮖 is the khitan small script character-18b96. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Khitan Small Script block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𘮖 is a single code point, U18B96. In HTML that is 𘮖, and in CSS \18B96.

Part of the collection

𘬣

Khitan Small Script

Who writes 𘮖

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Questions people ask

Why does 𘮖 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.