U+1001D "𐀝" Linear B Syllable B055 Nu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐀝

U+1001D "𐀝" Linear B Syllable B055 Nu is a symbol from the Linear B script, a syllabic writing system used primarily for administrative records in Mycenaean Greek civilization between approximately 1450 and 1200 BCE. This specific character represents the syllable "nu" and belongs to the Linear B Syllabary block of the Unicode standard, which encodes over eighty known syllabic signs and several logograms. Deciphered in the 1950s by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Linear B was used on clay tablets discovered at sites such as Knossos and Pylos, providing crucial evidence for the economic and social organization of Late Bronze Age Greece. As part of the Unicode repertoire, U+1001D ensures that this ancient script can be digitally represented and studied in modern text processing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+1001D
Version Added 4.0
Name Linear B Syllable B055 Nu
Block Linear B Syllabary
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐀝
HTML Hex Encoding 𐀝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x80 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDC1D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001001D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udc1d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Linear B
Script Extensions Linear B
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter