U+10059 "𐁙" Linear B Symbol B079 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐁙
U+10059 "𐁙" Linear B Symbol B079 is a glyph belonging to the Linear B script, which was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek, primarily on clay tablets from the late Bronze Age. Specifically, this symbol represents the syllabic sign B079, and its standard phonetic value is reconstructed as "zu" or a similar syllable, though the exact phonetic mapping can vary among scholars. As part of the Linear B repertoire, which consists of roughly 90 syllabic signs and over 100 logograms, this character helps document administrative and economic records from palatial centers like Knossos and Pylos, providing crucial insight into the language and society of Mycenaean Greece before the Greek Dark Ages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10059 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Symbol B079 |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐁙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐁙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010059 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc59 |