Khitan Small Script (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:Khitan Small Script
Rangestart:18B00
Rangeend:18CFF
Script1:Khitan small script
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Note:[1] [2]

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.

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

History

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
  2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.