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Khitan small script

The Khitan small script (Chinese: 契丹小字, Qìdān xiǎozì) was one of two writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language. It was used during the 10th–12th century by the Khitan people, who had created the Liao Empire in present-day northeastern China. In addition to the small script, the Khitans simultaneously also used a functionally independent…

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Direction
Top-to-bottom and right-to-left
Languages
Khitan language
Parent systems
Seal scriptClerical scriptKhitan small script · Clerical scriptKhitan small script · Khitan small script
Period
10th century — 12th century
Script type
Logographic with syllabary and possibly some phonograms
Sister systems
Simplified Chinese, Kanji, Hanja, Tangut script, Chữ Hán, Zhuyin

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Khitan small script

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related to Further reading · 41
Khitan small script → Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum, András Róna-Tas, Birthday Present, Chen Naixiong, China Social Science Publishers, Chinese, Chinggeltei, Crimea, Dental Stops, Diachronica, Guillaume, Honour, Hung, Hungaricae Volume, In, István Zimonyi, Jacques, Jochids, Kane, Khitan
related to Description · 14
Khitan small script → Although, Chinese, Each, For, Hangul, If, Jin, Khitan, Korea, Periodically, The, Unlike Hangul's, Using, While
related to External links · 10
Khitan small script → BabelStone Khitan Small Linear, Chinese, Description, Khitan, Khitan Small Script Fonts, Kitan Archived, OmniglotLinguist List, Song-style, Wayback Machine, Wayback Machine契丹小字原字字形规范与原字总表
related to Corpus · 8
Khitan small script → Calligraphy, Chinese, History, Important Matters, Khitan, Tao Zongyi's, The, There
related to history · 8
Khitan small script → CE, For, He, Khitan, Old Uyghur, The Khitan, Uyghur, Yelü Diela
related to Encoding · 7
Khitan small script → Ideographic Symbols, KHITAN SMALL SCRIPT FILLER, March, Punctuation, The, The Khitan, Unicode
Parent systems · 3
Khitan small script → Clerical scriptKhitan small script, Khitan small script, Seal scriptClerical scriptKhitan small script
Unicode range · 2
Khitan small script → U+16FE0–U+16FFF Ideographic Symbols & Punct., U+18B00–U+18CFF Khitan Small Script
Direction · 1
Khitan small script → Top-to-bottom and right-to-left
ISO 15924 · 1
Khitan small script → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Kits (288), ​Khitan small script

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khitan script small chinese used language characters phonetic consonants andrás róna-tas studies pp known large character acta orientalia academiae scientiarum

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Khitan small scriptDirectionTop-to-bottom and right-to-left1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Kits (288), ​Khitan small script1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptLanguagesKhitan language1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptParent systemsSeal scriptClerical scriptKhitan small script1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptParent systemsClerical scriptKhitan small script1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptParent systemsKhitan small script1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptPeriod10th century — 12th century1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptScript typeLogographic with syllabary and possibly some phonograms1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptSister systemsSimplified Chinese, Kanji, Hanja, Tangut script, Chữ Hán, Zhuyin1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptUnicode aliasKhitan Small Script1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptUnicode rangeU+18B00–U+18CFF Khitan Small Script1.00infobox
Khitan small scriptUnicode rangeU+16FE0–U+16FFF Ideographic Symbols & Punct.1.00infobox

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