What 𘯢 means
There is no reliable standalone English gloss for it. Khitan Small Script wrote the Khitan language, spoken by the Khitan people of northern China. Its signs can stand for words or sounds; two to eight sound-signs often join to spell one word. Because the script is only partly deciphered, 𘯢's role cannot be settled from this isolated sign.
The small script was created around 925 CE by Yelü Diela. Its design is said to have been inspired by the Uyghur script, though few similarities remain. The Khitans also used a separate large script for the same language.
Most surviving small-script writing comes from funerary epitaphs—inscriptions carved on stone memorials and buried with Khitan royalty and aristocrats. It also appears on monuments, bronze mirrors, tallies, non-circulation coins, and one jade cup. A Liao-period inscription contains 𘯢 by 1026; a Jin order abolished both Khitan scripts in 1191. Later Jurchen scripts were modeled on Khitan writing.
Why can Khitan text look broken on screen?
A font without glyph or layout support can hide or misplace it. A font lacking 𘯢 may show a blank or missing-glyph box. Even when the sign has a shape, text software still needs Khitan layout rules to arrange sound-sign clusters and vertical columns. A failed display changes the rendering, not the historical sign.
Historical and specialist; by itself, it works best as a sample of Khitan writing.
Alone, it will not reliably communicate a word.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsQuestions people ask
1Why does 𘯢 show as a box?
A font may be missing the glyph. Try one with Khitan Small Script coverage; the text system also needs support for Khitan clusters and vertical columns.
How to type 𘯢
𘯢\18BE2Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.