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𘯉

khitan small script character-18bc9

Khitan Small Script character 18BC9

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𘯉 is a character in Khitan Small Script; its Unicode name is an ID, not a translation. A 2010 proposal calls it “Unknown-85,” with no assigned meaning or sound. Yelü Diela devised the script about 925 to write Khitan; it was reportedly inspired by Uyghur writing and used alongside Khitan Large Script. The script was used across Liao, Western Liao and Jin periods; most surviving examples are stone tomb inscriptions.

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What 𘯉 means

𘯉 is the khitan small script character-18bc9. 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

𘯉 is a single code point, U18BC9. In HTML that is 𘯉, and in CSS \18BC9.

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Who writes 𘯉

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𘯉 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 𘯉

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khitan glyph · khitan character · khitan script symbol
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 18BC9, then AltX to get 𘯉.
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-18bc9”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 18bc9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𘯉
CSS
\18BC9
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𘯉
HTML hex
𘯉
CSS content
content: "\18BC9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%98%AF%89
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.

Families this belongs to

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