U+10046 "𐁆" Linear B Syllable B029 Pu2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐁆
U+10046 "𐁆" Linear B Syllable B029 Pu2 is a specific syllabic sign from the Linear B script, which was used in ancient Crete and mainland Greece during the Mycenaean period (roughly 1450–1200 BCE) primarily for administrative records inscribed on clay tablets. This particular glyph represents the syllable "pu2," a less common variant within the syllabary that distinguished certain phonetic values from the more standard "pu" sign. Found in the Linear B Unicode block, it was encoded to support digital preservation and study of this early Greek writing system, which was deciphered in the 1950s by Michael Ventris and reveals an archaic form of the Greek language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10046 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B029 Pu2 |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐁆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐁆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC46 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010046 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc46 |