What 𘱥 means
Its reading depends on nearby characters.
Scholars reconstruct 𘱥𘲽 as xe.ci, “border/place,” and 𘱥𘱆 as x.ui, “come, arrive.”
When did Khitan Small Script take hold?
It was made to write Khitan and outlasted the Liao.
Tradition credits Yelü Diela with creating it around 925; its design drew on Chinese character forms and reportedly the Uyghur people’s writing. A 2026 study argues practical use began later: its earliest securely dated surviving tomb inscription is from 1051. It appears on monuments and bronze mirrors under Liao, Western Liao and Jin; Jin abolished it in 1191. Jurchen writers modeled their scripts on Khitan’s large/small pair.
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Who writes 𘱥
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Questions people ask
1Why might 𘱥 show as a box?
It usually means the font lacks a Khitan glyph; clusters and vertical text also need special layout support.
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How to type or find 𘱥
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- khitan · kitan · qidan
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘱥\18C65Codes and encoding1 code points
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