What 𘲪 means
Daniel Kane’s character index transcribes it as xua. This is a sound value, not a translation. Khitan small-script sound signs usually combine into word clusters; read each cluster from left to right, then top to bottom. The text runs in vertical columns.
How did the Khitan small script develop?
It gave the Khitan language a second writing system. Historical accounts date its creation to around 925, crediting Yelü Diela; they also report influence from Uyghur writing. Chinese-character structure shaped its forms. The earliest securely dated surviving text is an epitaph—a tomb inscription—from 1051. The script continued under the Liao, Western Liao, and Jin; Jurchen writing also adapted Khitan models before a 1191 order suppressed Khitan-script use.
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Who writes 𘲪
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘲪 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 𘲪
- Search it as
- khitan small script · khitan character · khitan sign · xua
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘲪\18CAACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.