U+1004C "𐁌" Linear B Syllable B087 Twe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐁌
U+1004C "𐁌" Linear B Syllable B087 Twe is a sign from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used primarily for administrative records in Mycenaean Greek from the 15th to 13th centuries BCE. This particular syllabic symbol, transcribed as "twe," represents a phonetic value used in the syllabary, which was deciphered by Michael Ventris in the 1950s. The character is part of the Linear B Syllabary block within Unicode, allowing for digital representation and study of this early European writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1004C |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B087 Twe |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐁌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐁌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001004C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc4c |