Khitan Small Script

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The Khitan small script was used in the northeast of China in the Liao Empire, which existed from 907 to 1125. Yelü Diela developed it in 925 under the influence of Uyghur, so the latter is considered like 'the father' of Khitan. It received the name 'small' for a smaller number of characters compared to the Khitan large script, which was used at the same time and for the same purposes. That's why both scripts were quite easy to learn.

The samples have survived till our times, and you can find the Khitan script on various stone epitaphs in rich cemeteries. The majority of the characters haven't been deciphered yet, so their meaning is unclear.

The Khitan small script includes both phonograms (letters, syllables) and logograms (hieroglyphs). To make a word, you needed to compound from 2 to 8 phonograms. The logogram is sometimes accompanied by a dot that denotes the masculine gender. The writing direction is vertical, its columns go from right to left.

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Zakres	18B00–18CFF
Znaki	512

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18800–18AFF сomponents Tangut 18D00–18D7F Tangut Supplement

0: Główna płaszczyzna wielojęzyczna

1: Opcjonalna płaszczyzna wielojęzyczna

2: Dodatkowa płaszczyzna ideograficzna

3: Trzeciorzędowa płaszczyzna ideograficzna

4-13: Nieużywana

14: Wyspecjalizowana dodatkowa płaszczyzna

15: Dodatkowy obszar do użytku prywatnego – A

16: Dodatkowy obszar do użytku prywatnego – B

Khitan Small Script

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Root-01

Root-02

Root-03

Korzeń 04

Root-05

Root-06

Root-07

Root-08

Root-09

Korzeń 10

Korzeń 11

Korzeń 12

Korzeń 13

Korzeń 14

Korzeń 15

Root-16

Korzeń 17

Root-18

Korzeń 19

Korzeń 20

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