Khitan small script

Chinese-based script for Khitan languageKhitan small scriptBronze mirror with a poetic inscriptionScript type Logographic with syllabary and possibly some phonogramsPeriod10th century — 12th centuryDirectionTop-to-bottom and right-to-leftLanguagesKhitan languageRelated scriptsParent systemsOracle bone scriptSeal scriptClerical scriptKhitan small scriptSister systemsSimplified Chinese, Kanji, Hanja, Tangut script, Chữ Hán, ZhuyinISO 15924ISO 15924Kits (288), ​Khitan small scriptUnicodeUnicode aliasKhitan Small ScriptUnicode rangeU+18B00–U+18CFF Khitan Small ScriptU+16FE0–U+16FFF Ideographic Symbols & Punct. 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 writing system known as the Khitan large script. Both Khitan scripts continued to be in use to some extent by the Jurchens for several decades after the fall of the Liao dynasty, until the Jurchens fully swi