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Khitan small script

Kits Left-to-right Living Abugida

Sample Characters

𖿤

First 48 characters from Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation (U+16FE4–U+16FE4)

About Khitan small script

Khitan small script is a Living writing system. It reads Left-to-right and contains 472 characters in the Unicode standard. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Kits.

Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.

Script Family & Lineage

Ancestor Chain
Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) › Khitan small script

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Khitan small script?
Khitan small script is an Abugida. Abugidas (alphasyllabaries) use consonant characters with an inherent vowel modified by diacritics.
What direction does Khitan small script read?
Khitan small script is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Khitan small script script?
0 languages use Khitan small script according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Khitan small script script created?
The exact origin of the Khitan small script script is not precisely documented.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Kits
ISO Number
288
Script Type
Abugida
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Characters
472
Languages
0

Unicode Ranges

  • Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation
    U+16FE4–U+16FE4
  • Khitan Small Script
    U+18B00–U+18CFF

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