U+1005C "𐁜" Linear B Symbol B086 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐁜
U+1005C "𐁜" Linear B Symbol B086 is a specific sign from the Linear B script, an ancient syllabary used in Mycenaean Greece primarily for administrative records on clay tablets dating from around 1400 to 1200 BCE. This particular symbol represents a phonetic syllable or logographic element, though its exact phonetic value and meaning remain uncertain, as many Linear B signs are only partially deciphered. The character is part of the Linear B Ideograms block in Unicode, which was encoded to preserve and enable digital representation of this early writing system, crucial for studying the economic and social structures of Bronze Age Aegean civilizations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1005C |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Symbol B086 |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐁜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐁜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001005C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc5c |