U+1002D "𐀭" Linear B Syllable B031 Sa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1002D "𐀭" Linear B Syllable B031 Sa is a character from the Linear B script, a syllabary used in ancient Greece for writing the Mycenaean Greek language, primarily on clay tablets dating from approximately 1450 to 1200 BCE. This specific symbol represents the syllable "sa" and belongs to a set of signs that were deciphered in the mid-20th century, notably by the architect Michael Ventris and the philologist John Chadwick. Found in administrative records from sites such as Knossos and Pylos, the character appears in contexts related to inventory lists, agricultural goods, and personal names, offering a direct glimpse into the economic and social structure of the Late Bronze Age Aegean civilization.

General Properties

Code Point U+1002D
Version Added 4.0
Name Linear B Syllable B031 Sa
Block Linear B Syllabary
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐀭
HTML Hex Encoding 𐀭
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x80 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDC2D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001002D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udc2d

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