Khitan Small Script (Unicode block)

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Khitan Small Script is a Unicode block containing characters from the Khitan small script, which was used for writing the Khitan language spoken by the Khitan people in northern China during the Liao dynasty.

RangeU+18B00..U+18CFF
(512 code points)

PlaneSMP

ScriptsKhitan small script

Assigned471 code points

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Khitan Small Script
Range	U+18B00..U+18CFF (512 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Khitan small script
Assigned	471 code points
Unused	41 reserved code points
Unicode version history

13.0 (2020)	470 (+470)
16.0 (2024)	471 (+1)

Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: ^[1]^[2]

Khitan Small Script characters do not have descriptive character names, but have names derived algorithmically from their code point value (e.g. U+18B00 is named KHITAN SMALL SCRIPT CHARACTER-18B00).

Block

Khitan Small Script^[1]^[2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+18B0x	𘬀‎	𘬁‎	𘬂‎	𘬃‎	𘬄‎	𘬅‎	𘬆‎	𘬇‎	𘬈‎	𘬉‎	𘬊‎	𘬋‎	𘬌‎	𘬍‎	𘬎‎	𘬏‎
U+18B1x	𘬐‎	𘬑‎	𘬒‎	𘬓‎	𘬔‎	𘬕‎	𘬖‎	𘬗‎	𘬘‎	𘬙‎	𘬚‎	𘬛‎	𘬜‎	𘬝‎	𘬞‎	𘬟‎
U+18B2x	𘬠‎	𘬡‎	𘬢‎	𘬣‎	𘬤‎	𘬥‎	𘬦‎	𘬧‎	𘬨‎	𘬩‎	𘬪‎	𘬫‎	𘬬‎	𘬭‎	𘬮‎	𘬯‎
U+18B3x	𘬰‎	𘬱‎	𘬲‎	𘬳‎	𘬴‎	𘬵‎	𘬶‎	𘬷‎	𘬸‎	𘬹‎	𘬺‎	𘬻‎	𘬼‎	𘬽‎	𘬾‎	𘬿‎
U+18B4x	𘭀‎	𘭁‎	𘭂‎	𘭃‎	𘭄‎	𘭅‎	𘭆‎	𘭇‎	𘭈‎	𘭉‎	𘭊‎	𘭋‎	𘭌‎	𘭍‎	𘭎‎	𘭏‎
U+18B5x	𘭐‎	𘭑‎	𘭒‎	𘭓‎	𘭔‎	𘭕‎	𘭖‎	𘭗‎	𘭘‎	𘭙‎	𘭚‎	𘭛‎	𘭜‎	𘭝‎	𘭞‎	𘭟‎
U+18B6x	𘭠‎	𘭡‎	𘭢‎	𘭣‎	𘭤‎	𘭥‎	𘭦‎	𘭧‎	𘭨‎	𘭩‎	𘭪‎	𘭫‎	𘭬‎	𘭭‎	𘭮‎	𘭯‎
U+18B7x	𘭰‎	𘭱‎	𘭲‎	𘭳‎	𘭴‎	𘭵‎	𘭶‎	𘭷‎	𘭸‎	𘭹‎	𘭺‎	𘭻‎	𘭼‎	𘭽‎	𘭾‎	𘭿‎
U+18B8x	𘮀‎	𘮁‎	𘮂‎	𘮃‎	𘮄‎	𘮅‎	𘮆‎	𘮇‎	𘮈‎	𘮉‎	𘮊‎	𘮋‎	𘮌‎	𘮍‎	𘮎‎	𘮏‎
U+18B9x	𘮐‎	𘮑‎	𘮒‎	𘮓‎	𘮔‎	𘮕‎	𘮖‎	𘮗‎	𘮘‎	𘮙‎	𘮚‎	𘮛‎	𘮜‎	𘮝‎	𘮞‎	𘮟‎
U+18BAx	𘮠‎	𘮡‎	𘮢‎	𘮣‎	𘮤‎	𘮥‎	𘮦‎	𘮧‎	𘮨‎	𘮩‎	𘮪‎	𘮫‎	𘮬‎	𘮭‎	𘮮‎	𘮯‎
U+18BBx	𘮰‎	𘮱‎	𘮲‎	𘮳‎	𘮴‎	𘮵‎	𘮶‎	𘮷‎	𘮸‎	𘮹‎	𘮺‎	𘮻‎	𘮼‎	𘮽‎	𘮾‎	𘮿‎
U+18BCx	𘯀‎	𘯁‎	𘯂‎	𘯃‎	𘯄‎	𘯅‎	𘯆‎	𘯇‎	𘯈‎	𘯉‎	𘯊‎	𘯋‎	𘯌‎	𘯍‎	𘯎‎	𘯏‎
U+18BDx	𘯐‎	𘯑‎	𘯒‎	𘯓‎	𘯔‎	𘯕‎	𘯖‎	𘯗‎	𘯘‎	𘯙‎	𘯚‎	𘯛‎	𘯜‎	𘯝‎	𘯞‎	𘯟‎
U+18BEx	𘯠‎	𘯡‎	𘯢‎	𘯣‎	𘯤‎	𘯥‎	𘯦‎	𘯧‎	𘯨‎	𘯩‎	𘯪‎	𘯫‎	𘯬‎	𘯭‎	𘯮‎	𘯯‎
U+18BFx	𘯰‎	𘯱‎	𘯲‎	𘯳‎	𘯴‎	𘯵‎	𘯶‎	𘯷‎	𘯸‎	𘯹‎	𘯺‎	𘯻‎	𘯼‎	𘯽‎	𘯾‎	𘯿‎
U+18C0x	𘰀‎	𘰁‎	𘰂‎	𘰃‎	𘰄‎	𘰅‎	𘰆‎	𘰇‎	𘰈‎	𘰉‎	𘰊‎	𘰋‎	𘰌‎	𘰍‎	𘰎‎	𘰏‎
U+18C1x	𘰐‎	𘰑‎	𘰒‎	𘰓‎	𘰔‎	𘰕‎	𘰖‎	𘰗‎	𘰘‎	𘰙‎	𘰚‎	𘰛‎	𘰜‎	𘰝‎	𘰞‎	𘰟‎
U+18C2x	𘰠‎	𘰡‎	𘰢‎	𘰣‎	𘰤‎	𘰥‎	𘰦‎	𘰧‎	𘰨‎	𘰩‎	𘰪‎	𘰫‎	𘰬‎	𘰭‎	𘰮‎	𘰯‎
U+18C3x	𘰰‎	𘰱‎	𘰲‎	𘰳‎	𘰴‎	𘰵‎	𘰶‎	𘰷‎	𘰸‎	𘰹‎	𘰺‎	𘰻‎	𘰼‎	𘰽‎	𘰾‎	𘰿‎
U+18C4x	𘱀‎	𘱁‎	𘱂‎	𘱃‎	𘱄‎	𘱅‎	𘱆‎	𘱇‎	𘱈‎	𘱉‎	𘱊‎	𘱋‎	𘱌‎	𘱍‎	𘱎‎	𘱏‎
U+18C5x	𘱐‎	𘱑‎	𘱒‎	𘱓‎	𘱔‎	𘱕‎	𘱖‎	𘱗‎	𘱘‎	𘱙‎	𘱚‎	𘱛‎	𘱜‎	𘱝‎	𘱞‎	𘱟‎
U+18C6x	𘱠‎	𘱡‎	𘱢‎	𘱣‎	𘱤‎	𘱥‎	𘱦‎	𘱧‎	𘱨‎	𘱩‎	𘱪‎	𘱫‎	𘱬‎	𘱭‎	𘱮‎	𘱯‎
U+18C7x	𘱰‎	𘱱‎	𘱲‎	𘱳‎	𘱴‎	𘱵‎	𘱶‎	𘱷‎	𘱸‎	𘱹‎	𘱺‎	𘱻‎	𘱼‎	𘱽‎	𘱾‎	𘱿‎
U+18C8x	𘲀‎	𘲁‎	𘲂‎	𘲃‎	𘲄‎	𘲅‎	𘲆‎	𘲇‎	𘲈‎	𘲉‎	𘲊‎	𘲋‎	𘲌‎	𘲍‎	𘲎‎	𘲏‎
U+18C9x	𘲐‎	𘲑‎	𘲒‎	𘲓‎	𘲔‎	𘲕‎	𘲖‎	𘲗‎	𘲘‎	𘲙‎	𘲚‎	𘲛‎	𘲜‎	𘲝‎	𘲞‎	𘲟‎
U+18CAx	𘲠‎	𘲡‎	𘲢‎	𘲣‎	𘲤‎	𘲥‎	𘲦‎	𘲧‎	𘲨‎	𘲩‎	𘲪‎	𘲫‎	𘲬‎	𘲭‎	𘲮‎	𘲯‎
U+18CBx	𘲰‎	𘲱‎	𘲲‎	𘲳‎	𘲴‎	𘲵‎	𘲶‎	𘲷‎	𘲸‎	𘲹‎	𘲺‎	𘲻‎	𘲼‎	𘲽‎	𘲾‎	𘲿‎
U+18CCx	𘳀‎	𘳁‎	𘳂‎	𘳃‎	𘳄‎	𘳅‎	𘳆‎	𘳇‎	𘳈‎	𘳉‎	𘳊‎	𘳋‎	𘳌‎	𘳍‎	𘳎‎	𘳏‎
U+18CDx	𘳐‎	𘳑‎	𘳒‎	𘳓‎	𘳔‎	𘳕‎
U+18CEx
U+18CFx																𘳿‎
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Khitan Small Script block:

More information Version, Final code points ...

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
13.0	U+18B00..18CD5	470	L2/10-130	N3820	Sun, Bojun; Jing, Yongshi; Li, Yang (2010-04-05), Preliminary Proposal for Encoding Khitan Characters in UCS
			L2/10-369	N3918	Sun, Bojun; Jing, Yongshi; Li, Yang (2010-09-16), Proposal of Encode the Khitan Characters to UCS plane
			L2/10-400	N3942	Anderson, Deborah (2010-10-06), Ad hoc report on Khitan Small Script
				N3903 (pdf, doc)	"M57.27", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
			L2/16-113R	N4725R	West, Andrew; Zaytsev, Viacheslav; Everson, Michael (2016-05-21), Towards an Encoding of the Khitan Small Script
			L2/16-156		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-05-06), "9. Khitan", Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals
			L2/16-243	N4736	Anderson, Deborah (2016-09-06), "For Khitan Small Script", Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 20 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #1
			L2/16-244	N4737	Anderson, Deborah (2016-09-06), Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 22 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #2
			L2/16-245R2	N4738R2	Wu, Yingzhe; Sun, Bojun; Jing, Yongshi; Zaytsev, Viacheslav; West, Andrew; Everson, Michael (2016-09-17), Final proposal to encode the Small Khitan Script in the SMP
			L2/16-266	N4763	Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-09-26), "2. Khitan Small Script", Comments on Mongolian, Small Khitan, and other WG2 #65 documents
			L2/16-271	N4771	Everson, Michael (2016-09-29), Khitan Small Script code chart based on the ad-hoc in San Jose
				N4873R (pdf, doc)	"10.2.5", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65, 2018-03-16
			L2/16-277	N4765	Zaytsev, Viacheslav; West, Andrew (2016-10-12), Discussion of 29 proposed Khitan Small Script characters
			L2/16-296	N4775	West, Andrew; Everson, Michael; Zaytsev, Viacheslav (2016-11-04), Discussion of Cluster Formation in Khitan Small Script
			L2/16-338	N4768	Moore, Lisa (2016-11-04), Summary of Ad Hoc Meeting on Khitan Small Script, 28 September 2016
			L2/16-342		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-11-07), "10", Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals
			L2/16-376		Listener, Snow (2016-11-17), Layman's comments on the encoding proposal Khitan small script
			L2/17-037		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "15", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
			L2/17-016		Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "Consensus 150-C20", UTC #150 Minutes
			L2/17-161	N4794	Suignard, Michel (2017-05-08), "China T2, Ireland T1, UK T5", Draft disposition of comments on PDAM1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition
				N4953 (pdf, doc)	"M66.03b, c, and f, M66.07l", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
			L2/18-121R	N4943R	West, Andrew; Zaytsev, Viacheslav; Everson, Michael (2018-05-19), Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script
			L2/18-168		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Chapman, Chris; Cook, Richard (2018-04-28), "14. Khitan Small Script", Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals
			L2/18-115		Moore, Lisa (2018-05-09), "C.12", UTC #155 Minutes
			L2/18-210	N4977	Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Moore, Lisa; Jeziorek, Marek; Yang, Ben (2018-06-09), "1", Comments on WG2 #67 documents (June 2018)
			L2/18-213	N5002	Anderson, Deborah; Constable, Peter (2018-06-20), Khitan Small Script Ad Hoc Report (London)
			L2/18-241		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-07-20), "9", Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals
			L2/18-285		Anderson, Deborah (2018-08-31), Further information on Khitan Small Script clusters
			L2/18-300		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "9. a.", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
			L2/18-183		Moore, Lisa (2018-11-20), "C.12 Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script", UTC #156 Minutes
				N5020 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2019-01-11), "9.2.3", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67
			L2/20-015R		Moore, Lisa (2020-05-14), "Consensus 162-C16", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
			L2/21-182		Chan, Eiso; You, Jerry; Yu, Fitzgerald; Wong, Victor (2021-08-16), Request to modify U+18CCA glyph in Khitan Small Script block
			L2/21-174		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Liang, Hai (2021-10-01), "14. Khitan Small Script", Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals
			L2/21-167		Cummings, Craig (2022-01-27), "Consensus 169-C18", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 169, Accept a glyph change for U+18CCA
			L2/23-199		West, Andrew (2023-07-29), Glyph correction for Khitan Small Script U+18BD2
			L2/23-238R		Anderson, Deborah; Kučera, Jan; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2023-11-01), "6 Khitan Small Script", Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals
			L2/23-231		Constable, Peter (2023-12-08), "Consensus 177-C29", UTC #177 Minutes, Accept the glyph change for U+18BD2
16.0	U+18CFF	1	L2/23-065	N5205	West, Andrew (2023-03-01), Proposal to encode a blank character for Khitan Small Script
			L2/23-083		Anderson, Deborah; Kučera, Jan; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2023-04-21), "3 Khitan Small Script", Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals
			L2/23-076		Constable, Peter (2023-05-01), "Consensus 175-C15", UTC #175 Minutes, Provisionally assign U+18CFF KHITAN SMALL SCRIPT CHARACTER-18CFF
			L2/23-231		Constable, Peter (2023-12-08), "Consensus 177-C30", UTC #177 Minutes, Accept the provisionally assigned character U+18CFF
[a] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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