U+10020 "𐀠" Linear B Syllable B039 Pi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐀠
U+10020 "𐀠" Linear B Syllable B039 Pi is a glyph from the Linear B script, a writing system used primarily in Mycenaean Greece between roughly 1450 and 1200 BCE for recording the early Greek language on clay tablets, often for administrative and economic purposes. This specific character represents the syllable "pi" and belongs to a syllabary where each sign denotes a vowel or a combination of a consonant and a vowel. Its encoded codepoint falls within the Linear B Syllabary block of the Unicode Standard, enabling modern digital representation and study of this ancient script. The symbol itself has a distinctive linear design, typical of the angular and abstract shapes used in Linear B writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10020 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B039 Pi |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐀠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐀠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x80 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010020 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc20 |