U+1008C "𐂌" Linear B Ideogram B109F Cow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐂌
U+1008C "𐂌" Linear B Ideogram B109F Cow is a symbol from the ancient Linear B script used in Mycenaean Greece, primarily for administrative record keeping on clay tablets. This specific ideogram represents a cow, likely denoting the animal itself or related commodities such as hides or livestock for accounting purposes. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for digital representation and study of this early writing system, preserving a key piece of economic and cultural history from the second millennium BCE.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1008C |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram B109F Cow |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐂌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐂌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001008C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc8c |