U+10016 "𐀖" Linear B Syllable B073 Mi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+10016 "𐀖" Linear B Syllable B073 Mi is a syllabic sign from the Linear B script, which was used in Mycenaean Greece for administrative writing on clay tablets between the 15th and 12th centuries BCE. This specific character represents the syllable "mi" and is part of a larger syllabary that encoded the early Greek language, deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952. The Linear B script typifies the Bronze Age palace economies of sites like Knossos and Pylos, where these symbols appear in inventories and records of goods. As a digitally encoded glyph in the Unicode Standard, it ensures the preservation and accessibility of this ancient writing system in modern electronic text applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10016 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B073 Mi |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐀖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐀖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x80 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010016 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc16 |