U+10042 "𐁂" Linear B Syllable B085 Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐁂
U+10042 "𐁂" Linear B Syllable B085 Au is a symbol from the ancient Linear B script, which was used in Mycenaean Greece primarily for administrative recording on clay tablets between roughly 1450 and 1200 BCE. This particular character represents the syllabic value "au" and is classified under the Linear B Syllabary block in the Unicode standard, specifically in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and study of Linear B texts, aiding scholars in the analysis of early Greek language and economy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10042 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B085 Au |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐁂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐁂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010042 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc42 |