Khitan Small Script (Unicode block)

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
RangeU+18B00..U+18CFF
(512 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsKhitan small script
Assigned470 code points
Unused42 reserved code points
Unicode version history
13.0470 (+470)
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)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+18B0x 𘬀𘬁𘬂𘬃𘬄𘬅𘬆𘬇 𘬈𘬉𘬊𘬋𘬌𘬍𘬎𘬏
U+18B1x 𘬐𘬑𘬒𘬓𘬔𘬕𘬖𘬗 𘬘𘬙𘬚𘬛𘬜𘬝𘬞𘬟
U+18B2x 𘬠𘬡𘬢𘬣𘬤𘬥𘬦𘬧 𘬨𘬩𘬪𘬫𘬬𘬭𘬮𘬯
U+18B3x 𘬰𘬱𘬲𘬳𘬴𘬵𘬶𘬷 𘬸𘬹𘬺𘬻𘬼𘬽𘬾𘬿
U+18B4x 𘭀𘭁𘭂𘭃𘭄𘭅𘭆𘭇 𘭈𘭉𘭊𘭋𘭌𘭍𘭎𘭏
U+18B5x 𘭐𘭑𘭒𘭓𘭔𘭕𘭖𘭗 𘭘𘭙𘭚𘭛𘭜𘭝𘭞𘭟
U+18B6x 𘭠𘭡𘭢𘭣𘭤𘭥𘭦𘭧 𘭨𘭩𘭪𘭫𘭬𘭭𘭮𘭯
U+18B7x 𘭰𘭱𘭲𘭳𘭴𘭵𘭶𘭷 𘭸𘭹𘭺𘭻𘭼𘭽𘭾𘭿
U+18B8x 𘮀𘮁𘮂𘮃𘮄𘮅𘮆𘮇 𘮈𘮉𘮊𘮋𘮌𘮍𘮎𘮏
U+18B9x 𘮐𘮑𘮒𘮓𘮔𘮕𘮖𘮗 𘮘𘮙𘮚𘮛𘮜𘮝𘮞𘮟
U+18BAx 𘮠𘮡𘮢𘮣𘮤𘮥𘮦𘮧 𘮨𘮩𘮪𘮫𘮬𘮭𘮮𘮯
U+18BBx 𘮰𘮱𘮲𘮳𘮴𘮵𘮶𘮷 𘮸𘮹𘮺𘮻𘮼𘮽𘮾𘮿
U+18BCx 𘯀𘯁𘯂𘯃𘯄𘯅𘯆𘯇 𘯈𘯉𘯊𘯋𘯌𘯍𘯎𘯏
U+18BDx 𘯐𘯑𘯒𘯓𘯔𘯕𘯖𘯗 𘯘𘯙𘯚𘯛𘯜𘯝𘯞𘯟
U+18BEx 𘯠𘯡𘯢𘯣𘯤𘯥𘯦𘯧 𘯨𘯩𘯪𘯫𘯬𘯭𘯮𘯯
U+18BFx 𘯰𘯱𘯲𘯳𘯴𘯵𘯶𘯷 𘯸𘯹𘯺𘯻𘯼𘯽𘯾𘯿
U+18C0x 𘰀𘰁𘰂𘰃𘰄𘰅𘰆𘰇 𘰈𘰉𘰊𘰋𘰌𘰍𘰎𘰏
U+18C1x 𘰐𘰑𘰒𘰓𘰔𘰕𘰖𘰗 𘰘𘰙𘰚𘰛𘰜𘰝𘰞𘰟
U+18C2x 𘰠𘰡𘰢𘰣𘰤𘰥𘰦𘰧 𘰨𘰩𘰪𘰫𘰬𘰭𘰮𘰯
U+18C3x 𘰰𘰱𘰲𘰳𘰴𘰵𘰶𘰷 𘰸𘰹𘰺𘰻𘰼𘰽𘰾𘰿
U+18C4x 𘱀𘱁𘱂𘱃𘱄𘱅𘱆𘱇 𘱈𘱉𘱊𘱋𘱌𘱍𘱎𘱏
U+18C5x 𘱐𘱑𘱒𘱓𘱔𘱕𘱖𘱗 𘱘𘱙𘱚𘱛𘱜𘱝𘱞𘱟
U+18C6x 𘱠𘱡𘱢𘱣𘱤𘱥𘱦𘱧 𘱨𘱩𘱪𘱫𘱬𘱭𘱮𘱯
U+18C7x 𘱰𘱱𘱲𘱳𘱴𘱵𘱶𘱷 𘱸𘱹𘱺𘱻𘱼𘱽𘱾𘱿
U+18C8x 𘲀𘲁𘲂𘲃𘲄𘲅𘲆𘲇 𘲈𘲉𘲊𘲋𘲌𘲍𘲎𘲏
U+18C9x 𘲐𘲑𘲒𘲓𘲔𘲕𘲖𘲗 𘲘𘲙𘲚𘲛𘲜𘲝𘲞𘲟
U+18CAx 𘲠𘲡𘲢𘲣𘲤𘲥𘲦𘲧 𘲨𘲩𘲪𘲫𘲬𘲭𘲮𘲯
U+18CBx 𘲰𘲱𘲲𘲳𘲴𘲵𘲶𘲷 𘲸𘲹𘲺𘲻𘲼𘲽𘲾𘲿
U+18CCx 𘳀𘳁𘳂𘳃𘳄𘳅𘳆𘳇 𘳈𘳉𘳊𘳋𘳌𘳍𘳎𘳏
U+18CDx 𘳐𘳑𘳒𘳓𘳔𘳕
U+18CEx
U+18CFx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
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 points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
13.0U+18B00..18CD5470L2/10-130N3820Sun, Bojun; Jing, Yongshi; Li, Yang (2010-04-05), Preliminary Proposal for Encoding Khitan Characters in UCS
L2/10-369N3918Sun, Bojun; Jing, Yongshi; Li, Yang (2010-09-16), Proposal of Encode the Khitan Characters to UCS plane
L2/10-400N3942Anderson, 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
L2/16-113RN4725RWest, Andrew; Zaytsev, Viacheslav; Everson, Michael (2016-05-21), Towards an Encoding of the Khitan Small Script
L2/16-156Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-05-06), "9. Khitan", Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-243N4736Anderson, Deborah (2016-09-06), "For Khitan Small Script", Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 20 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #1
L2/16-244N4737Anderson, Deborah (2016-09-06), Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 22 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #2
L2/16-245R2N4738R2Wu, 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
L2/16-266N4763Anderson, 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
L2/16-271N4771Everson, 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
L2/16-277N4765Zaytsev, Viacheslav; West, Andrew (2016-10-12), Discussion of 29 proposed Khitan Small Script characters
L2/16-296N4775West, Andrew; Everson, Michael; Zaytsev, Viacheslav (2016-11-04), Discussion of Cluster Formation in Khitan Small Script
L2/16-338N4768Moore, Lisa (2016-11-04), Summary of Ad Hoc Meeting on Khitan Small Script, 28 September 2016
L2/16-342Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-11-07), "10", Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-376Listener, Snow (2016-11-17), Layman's comments on the encoding proposal Khitan small script
L2/17-037Anderson, 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
L2/17-016Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "Consensus 150-C20", UTC #150 Minutes
L2/17-161N4794Suignard, 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
L2/18-121RN4943RWest, Andrew; Zaytsev, Viacheslav; Everson, Michael (2018-05-19), Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script
L2/18-168Anderson, 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
L2/18-115Moore, Lisa (2018-05-09), "C.12", UTC #155 Minutes
L2/18-210N4977Anderson, 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)
L2/18-213N5002Anderson, Deborah; Constable, Peter (2018-06-20), Khitan Small Script Ad Hoc Report (London)
L2/18-241Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-07-25), "9", Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals
L2/18-285Anderson, Deborah (2018-08-31), Further information on Khitan Small Script clusters
L2/18-300Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "9. a.", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
L2/18-183Moore, 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
L2/20-015Moore, Lisa (2020-01-23), "Consensus 162-C16", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

References
  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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