U+1005A "𐁚" Linear B Symbol B082 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐁚
U+1005A "𐁚" Linear B Symbol B082 is a part of the Linear B script, a syllabic writing system used in Mycenaean Greece from roughly 1450 to 1200 BCE for recording early Greek on clay tablets. This specific symbol, catalogued as B082, represents a phonetic syllable or a logographic ideogram often associated with commodities or administrative contexts, as Linear B was predominantly employed for palace inventory and economic record keeping. Its precise phonetic value remains a subject of scholarly study, though it is commonly linked to the sound "swi" or a similar syllable, reflecting the complex nature of deciphering this ancient script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1005A |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Symbol B082 |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐁚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐁚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC5A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001005A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc5a |