U+1000F "𐀏" Linear B Syllable B077 Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1000F "𐀏" Linear B Syllable B077 Ka is a character from the ancient Linear B script, which was used primarily for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language, on clay tablets dating from around 1450 to 1200 BCE. This specific syllable represents the sound "ka" and is part of a syllabary of about 87 phonetic signs that were deciphered in the mid-20th century by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick. The character's inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for its digital representation and study in modern computing, preserving a crucial link to Bronze Age administrative records and the prehistory of the Greek language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1000F |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B077 Ka |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐀏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐀏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x80 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC0F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001000F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc0f |