What 𘮡 means
One proposed reading is iú, a sound rather than a translated word.
Khitan Small Script uses signs for whole words and sound signs that usually cluster to spell words; many individual readings remain uncertain.
Tradition credits Yelü Diela and dates the script's creation around 925; a 2026 study questions that timeline. The earliest securely dated surviving text is a 1051 CE tomb inscription. Small and large Khitan scripts coexisted to write the Khitan language; small-script texts survive on tombs, monuments, mirrors, tallies and coins. Chinese forms shaped the design; some accounts link it to Uyghur writing, though the scripts look different. Nearby Jurchen people later adapted Khitan models.
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Who writes 𘮡
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘮡 show up as a box?
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How to type or find 𘮡
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- kitan · qidan · iú
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𘮡\18BA1Codes and encoding1 code points
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