U+10036 "𐀶" Linear B Syllable B069 Tu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+10036 "𐀶" Linear B Syllable B069 Tu is a glyph representing a specific syllabic sign from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used primarily for recording Mycenaean Greek on clay tablets in the Late Bronze Age, roughly between 1450 and 1200 BCE. Deciphered by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick in the 1950s, this particular syllabogram corresponds to the sound "tu" and was part of a larger set of signs used for administrative and economic record keeping in palatial centers such as Knossos and Pylos. The character is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Linear B Syllabary block, allowing for its digital representation and scholarly study across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+10036
Version Added 4.0
Name Linear B Syllable B069 Tu
Block Linear B Syllabary
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐀶
HTML Hex Encoding 𐀶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x80 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDC36
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010036
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udc36

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