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𘮵

khitan small script character-18bb5

Khitan Small Script Character 18BB5

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𘮵 means “compose” in Daniel Kane’s Khitan reference book; Khitan small script wrote the Khitan language in the Liao and Jin eras. Tradition credits the Liao emperor’s brother Yelü Diela with its creation around 925, adapting Chinese forms and reportedly Uyghur writing. A 2026 study argues it was formalized under Shengzong; the earliest securely dated surviving example is Wugulin Taishi’s 1051 tomb inscription. Jurchen writing adapted Khitan script forms.

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What 𘮵 means

𘮵 is the khitan small script character-18bb5. 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

𘮵 is a single code point, U18BB5. In HTML that is 𘮵, and in CSS \18BB5.

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Who writes 𘮵

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𘮵 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.

How to type or find 𘮵

Search it as
compose · khitan compose · khitan character meaning · khitan inscription
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 18BB5, then AltX to get 𘮵.
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-18bb5”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 18bb5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘮵
CSS
\18BB5
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘮵
HTML hex
𘮵
CSS content
content: "\18BB5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%AE%B5
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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