What 𘯆 means
The code label does not give its reading or translation.
Unicode 17.0 describes the script as partly deciphered. It combines logograms (word signs), usually alone, and phonograms (sound signs), usually in groups of two to eight characters per word. This code-based name does not reveal this sign’s role.
What was Khitan small script made for?
It was made to write the Khitan language.
Khitan Small Script was created about 925 CE by Yelü Diela to write the Khitan language. Uyghur script is said to have inspired it, though visible similarities are few. It was used under Liao, Qara Khitai (Western Liao), and Jin. A 2017 catalogue’s earliest entry is a 1053 tomb epitaph. Most surviving texts are tomb epitaphs; others appear on monuments, bronze mirrors, tallies, non-circulating coins, and one jade cup. During Jin rule, Jurchen scripts borrowed and adapted Khitan forms.
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Who writes 𘯆
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘯆 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.
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How to type or find 𘯆
- Search it as
- khitan 18bc6 · U+18BC6 · qidan · khitan script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘯆\18BC6Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.