U+1009D "𐂝" Linear B Ideogram B145 Wool Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐂝

U+1009D "𐂝" Linear B Ideogram B145 Wool is a script symbol from the Linear B syllabary used in ancient Mycenaean Greece to represent the commodity of wool, often appearing on clay tablets that recorded economic transactions and palace inventories. This ideogram belongs to a specific class of Linear B signs that denote trade goods, and its presence in archaeological finds from sites like Knossos and Pylos provides crucial insight into the textile industry and administrative practices of the Late Bronze Age Aegean. The character’s inclusion in Unicode allows modern scholars and digital humanists to accurately transcribe and study these ancient records in electronic texts, preserving the connection between a prehistoric economy and contemporary linguistic research.

General Properties

Code Point U+1009D
Version Added 4.0
Name Linear B Ideogram B145 Wool
Block Linear B Ideograms
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐂝
HTML Hex Encoding 𐂝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDC9D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001009D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udc9d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Linear B
Script Extensions Linear B
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter