Khitan Small Script Unicode Characters page 3

The Khitan Small Script was historically used by the Khitan people, a nomadic group that founded the Liao Dynasty in northern China. The script, along with its larger counterpart, Khitan Large Script, was used to write the Khitan language, which is now extinct. The script is found mainly on inscriptions and official documents. Despite its historical significance, much of the script remains undeciphered, and scholars are still working to understand its full structure and meaning. The inclusion of Khitan Small Script in Unicode is a major step toward making this ancient script accessible to researchers and historians. By encoding it digitally, Unicode ensures that Khitan inscriptions and texts can be studied and preserved, contributing to our understanding of early East Asian history and the cultural exchanges that took place between nomadic groups and settled Chinese dynasties..