U+1009E "𐂞" Linear B Ideogram B146 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐂞
U+1009E "𐂞" Linear B Ideogram B146 is a symbol from the ancient Linear B script, which was used for writing Mycenaean Greek primarily on clay tablets in the Late Bronze Age. This specific ideogram is typically interpreted as representing a type of animal, often identified as a bull or a head of cattle, based on its contextual use in administrative records detailing livestock inventories, offerings, or economic transactions. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that this historical character can be accurately represented and studied in modern digital texts, preserving a link to early Greek civilization and its writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1009E |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram B146 |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐂞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐂞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC9E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001009E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc9e |