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𘮴

khitan small script character-18bb4

Khitan Small Script Character 18BB4

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𘮴 is a Khitan small-script character used to write Khitan, a language of northern China. Tradition dates the script's creation to about 925; a 2026 study argues adoption came later and identifies the earliest securely dated text as 1051. The system adapted the structure of Chinese characters and reportedly drew inspiration from writing for the Uyghur language. It was used under the Liao and Jin dynasties and remains partly deciphered.

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What 𘮴 means

No; it is an index, not a translation. Unicode, the standard that assigns numbers to text characters, forms the name from that number; it gives no Khitan sound or word.

Khitan small script mixed logograms (signs for whole words) with phonograms (sound signs), which usually formed word clusters. The surrounding inscription helps show a sign’s role.

In the Jin dynasty, the Jurchen people of northern China modeled their writing systems on both Khitan scripts.

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Who writes 𘮴

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𘮴 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find 𘮴

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khitan small script · khitan character · khitan writing
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 18BB4, then AltX to get 𘮴.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “khitan small script character-18bb4”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 18bb4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘮴
CSS
\18BB4
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘮴
HTML hex
𘮴
CSS content
content: "\18BB4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%AE%B4
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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