U+10029 "𐀩" Linear B Syllable B027 Re Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐀩
U+10029 "𐀩" Linear B Syllable B027 Re is a specific sign from the Linear B script, which was used in Mycenaean Greece (roughly 1450–1200 BCE) for writing an early form of Greek. It represents the syllabic value "re," functioning as one of many phonetic symbols in the script that recorded administrative and economic information on clay tablets. This character belongs to the Linear B Syllabary block of Unicode, encoded for digital use to preserve and study this ancient writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10029 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B027 Re |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐀩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐀩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x80 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC29 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010029 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc29 |