U+10045 "𐁅" Linear B Syllable B048 Nwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐁅
U+10045 "𐁅" Linear B Syllable B048 Nwa is a symbol from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used primarily for administrative records in Mycenaean Greece dating from roughly 1450 to 1200 BCE. This specific character represents the syllabic unit "nwa," and it is part of a larger syllabary that encoded the early Greek language on clay tablets. The discovery and decipherment of Linear B, led by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick in the mid-20th century, revealed a wealth of information about Mycenaean economy, society, and religion, and the inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures that scholars and enthusiasts can digitally preserve and study these ancient texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10045 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B048 Nwa |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐁅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐁅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC45 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010045 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc45 |