Khitan Small Script Character 18C4F

𘱏 is a Khitan Small Script sign; one 2010 proposal reads it “xi,” a tentative sound, not a translation. Created to write Khitan and reportedly influenced by Uyghur writing, the script served records and epitaphs; sound signs combine into word clusters. Traditional histories credit Yelü Diela’s creation around 925; a 2026 study argues for later systematization. The earliest securely dated surviving inscription is from 1051; Jurchen scripts adapted Khitan models.