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

Khitan Small Script[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+18B0x𘬀‎𘬁‎𘬂‎𘬃‎𘬄‎𘬅‎𘬆‎𘬇‎𘬈‎𘬉‎𘬊‎𘬋‎𘬌‎𘬍‎𘬎‎𘬏‎
U+18B1x𘬐‎𘬑‎𘬒‎𘬓‎𘬔‎𘬕‎𘬖‎𘬗‎𘬘‎𘬙‎𘬚‎𘬛‎𘬜‎𘬝‎𘬞‎𘬟‎
U+18B2x𘬠‎𘬡‎𘬢‎𘬣‎𘬤‎𘬥‎𘬦‎𘬧‎𘬨‎𘬩‎𘬪‎𘬫‎𘬬‎𘬭‎𘬮‎𘬯‎
U+18B3x𘬰‎𘬱‎𘬲‎𘬳‎𘬴‎𘬵‎𘬶‎𘬷‎𘬸‎𘬹‎𘬺‎𘬻‎𘬼‎𘬽‎𘬾‎𘬿‎
U+18B4x𘭀‎𘭁‎𘭂‎𘭃‎𘭄‎𘭅‎𘭆‎𘭇‎𘭈‎𘭉‎𘭊‎𘭋‎𘭌‎𘭍‎𘭎‎𘭏‎
U+18B5x𘭐‎𘭑‎𘭒‎𘭓‎𘭔‎𘭕‎𘭖‎𘭗‎𘭘‎𘭙‎𘭚‎𘭛‎𘭜‎𘭝‎𘭞‎𘭟‎
U+18B6x𘭠‎𘭡‎𘭢‎𘭣‎𘭤‎𘭥‎𘭦‎𘭧‎𘭨‎𘭩‎𘭪‎𘭫‎𘭬‎𘭭‎𘭮‎𘭯‎
U+18B7x𘭰‎𘭱‎𘭲‎𘭳‎𘭴‎𘭵‎𘭶‎𘭷‎𘭸‎𘭹‎𘭺‎𘭻‎𘭼‎𘭽‎𘭾‎𘭿‎
U+18B8x𘮀‎𘮁‎𘮂‎𘮃‎𘮄‎𘮅‎𘮆‎𘮇‎𘮈‎𘮉‎𘮊‎𘮋‎𘮌‎𘮍‎𘮎‎𘮏‎
U+18B9x𘮐‎𘮑‎𘮒‎𘮓‎𘮔‎𘮕‎𘮖‎𘮗‎𘮘‎𘮙‎𘮚‎𘮛‎𘮜‎𘮝‎𘮞‎𘮟‎
U+18BAx𘮠‎𘮡‎𘮢‎𘮣‎𘮤‎𘮥‎𘮦‎𘮧‎𘮨‎𘮩‎𘮪‎𘮫‎𘮬‎𘮭‎𘮮‎𘮯‎
U+18BBx𘮰‎𘮱‎𘮲‎𘮳‎𘮴‎𘮵‎𘮶‎𘮷‎𘮸‎𘮹‎𘮺‎𘮻‎𘮼‎𘮽‎𘮾‎𘮿‎
U+18BCx𘯀‎𘯁‎𘯂‎𘯃‎𘯄‎𘯅‎𘯆‎𘯇‎𘯈‎𘯉‎𘯊‎𘯋‎𘯌‎𘯍‎𘯎‎𘯏‎
U+18BDx𘯐‎𘯑‎𘯒‎𘯓‎𘯔‎𘯕‎𘯖‎𘯗‎𘯘‎𘯙‎𘯚‎𘯛‎𘯜‎𘯝‎𘯞‎𘯟‎
U+18BEx𘯠‎𘯡‎𘯢‎𘯣‎𘯤‎𘯥‎𘯦‎𘯧‎𘯨‎𘯩‎𘯪‎𘯫‎𘯬‎𘯭‎𘯮‎𘯯‎
U+18BFx𘯰‎𘯱‎𘯲‎𘯳‎𘯴‎𘯵‎𘯶‎𘯷‎𘯸‎𘯹‎𘯺‎𘯻‎𘯼‎𘯽‎𘯾‎𘯿‎
U+18C0x𘰀‎𘰁‎𘰂‎𘰃‎𘰄‎𘰅‎𘰆‎𘰇‎𘰈‎𘰉‎𘰊‎𘰋‎𘰌‎𘰍‎𘰎‎𘰏‎
U+18C1x𘰐‎𘰑‎𘰒‎𘰓‎𘰔‎𘰕‎𘰖‎𘰗‎𘰘‎𘰙‎𘰚‎𘰛‎𘰜‎𘰝‎𘰞‎𘰟‎
U+18C2x𘰠‎𘰡‎𘰢‎𘰣‎𘰤‎𘰥‎𘰦‎𘰧‎𘰨‎𘰩‎𘰪‎𘰫‎𘰬‎𘰭‎𘰮‎𘰯‎
U+18C3x𘰰‎𘰱‎𘰲‎𘰳‎𘰴‎𘰵‎𘰶‎𘰷‎𘰸‎𘰹‎𘰺‎𘰻‎𘰼‎𘰽‎𘰾‎𘰿‎
U+18C4x𘱀‎𘱁‎𘱂‎𘱃‎𘱄‎𘱅‎𘱆‎𘱇‎𘱈‎𘱉‎𘱊‎𘱋‎𘱌‎𘱍‎𘱎‎𘱏‎
U+18C5x𘱐‎𘱑‎𘱒‎𘱓‎𘱔‎𘱕‎𘱖‎𘱗‎𘱘‎𘱙‎𘱚‎𘱛‎𘱜‎𘱝‎𘱞‎𘱟‎
U+18C6x𘱠‎𘱡‎𘱢‎𘱣‎𘱤‎𘱥‎𘱦‎𘱧‎𘱨‎𘱩‎𘱪‎𘱫‎𘱬‎𘱭‎𘱮‎𘱯‎
U+18C7x𘱰‎𘱱‎𘱲‎𘱳‎𘱴‎𘱵‎𘱶‎𘱷‎𘱸‎𘱹‎𘱺‎𘱻‎𘱼‎𘱽‎𘱾‎𘱿‎
U+18C8x𘲀‎𘲁‎𘲂‎𘲃‎𘲄‎𘲅‎𘲆‎𘲇‎𘲈‎𘲉‎𘲊‎𘲋‎𘲌‎𘲍‎𘲎‎𘲏‎
U+18C9x𘲐‎𘲑‎𘲒‎𘲓‎𘲔‎𘲕‎𘲖‎𘲗‎𘲘‎𘲙‎𘲚‎𘲛‎𘲜‎𘲝‎𘲞‎𘲟‎
U+18CAx𘲠‎𘲡‎𘲢‎𘲣‎𘲤‎𘲥‎𘲦‎𘲧‎𘲨‎𘲩‎𘲪‎𘲫‎𘲬‎𘲭‎𘲮‎𘲯‎
U+18CBx𘲰‎𘲱‎𘲲‎𘲳‎𘲴‎𘲵‎𘲶‎𘲷‎𘲸‎𘲹‎𘲺‎𘲻‎𘲼‎𘲽‎𘲾‎𘲿‎
U+18CCx𘳀‎𘳁‎𘳂‎𘳃‎𘳄‎𘳅‎𘳆‎𘳇‎𘳈‎𘳉‎𘳊‎𘳋‎𘳌‎𘳍‎𘳎‎𘳏‎
U+18CDx𘳐‎𘳑‎𘳒‎𘳓‎𘳔‎𘳕‎
U+18CEx
U+18CFx𘳿‎
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:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
13.0U+18B00..18CD5470Sun, Bojun; Jing, Yongshi; Li, Yang (2010-04-05), Preliminary Proposal for Encoding Khitan Characters in UCS
Sun, Bojun; Jing, Yongshi; Li, Yang (2010-09-16), Proposal of Encode the Khitan Characters to UCS plane
Anderson, Deborah (2010-10-06), Ad hoc report on Khitan Small Script
, )"M57.27", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
West, Andrew; Zaytsev, Viacheslav; Everson, Michael (2016-05-21), Towards an Encoding of the Khitan Small Script
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-05-06), "9. Khitan", Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals
Anderson, Deborah (2016-09-06), "For Khitan Small Script", Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 20 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #1
Anderson, Deborah (2016-09-06), Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 22 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #2
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
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
Everson, Michael (2016-09-29), Khitan Small Script code chart based on the ad-hoc in San Jose
, )"10.2.5", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65, 2018-03-16
Zaytsev, Viacheslav; West, Andrew (2016-10-12), Discussion of 29 proposed Khitan Small Script characters
West, Andrew; Everson, Michael; Zaytsev, Viacheslav (2016-11-04), Discussion of Cluster Formation in Khitan Small Script
Moore, Lisa (2016-11-04), Summary of Ad Hoc Meeting on Khitan Small Script, 28 September 2016
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-11-07), "10", Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals
Listener, Snow (2016-11-17), Layman's comments on the encoding proposal Khitan small script
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
Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "Consensus 150-C20", UTC #150 Minutes
Suignard, Michel (2017-05-08), "China T2, Ireland T1, UK T5", Draft disposition of comments on PDAM1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition
, )"M66.03b, c, and f, M66.07l", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
West, Andrew; Zaytsev, Viacheslav; Everson, Michael (2018-05-19), Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script
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
Moore, Lisa (2018-05-09), "C.12", UTC #155 Minutes
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)
Anderson, Deborah; Constable, Peter (2018-06-20), Khitan Small Script Ad Hoc Report (London)
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-07-20), "9", Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals
Anderson, Deborah (2018-08-31), Further information on Khitan Small Script clusters
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "9. a.", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-11-20), "C.12 Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script", UTC #156 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2019-01-11), "9.2.3", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67
Moore, Lisa (2020-05-14), "Consensus 162-C16", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
Chan, Eiso; You, Jerry; Yu, Fitzgerald; Wong, Victor (2021-08-16), Request to modify U+18CCA glyph in Khitan Small Script block
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Liang, Hai (2021-10-01), "14. Khitan Small Script", Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals
Cummings, Craig (2022-01-27), "Consensus 169-C18", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 169, Accept a glyph change for U+18CCA
West, Andrew (2023-07-29), Glyph correction for Khitan Small Script U+18BD2
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
Constable, Peter (2023-12-08), "Consensus 177-C29", UTC #177 Minutes, Accept the glyph change for U+18BD2
16.0U+18CFF1West, Andrew (2023-03-01), Proposal to encode a blank character for Khitan Small Script
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
Constable, Peter (2023-05-01), "Consensus 175-C15", UTC #175 Minutes, Provisionally assign U+18CFF KHITAN SMALL SCRIPT CHARACTER-18CFF
Constable, Peter (2023-12-08), "Consensus 177-C30", UTC #177 Minutes, Accept the provisionally assigned character U+18CFF

See also