U+100A8 "𐂨" Linear B Ideogram B160 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐂨
U+100A8 "𐂨" Linear B Ideogram B160 is a symbol from the ancient Linear B script, which was used for writing Mycenaean Greek on clay tablets primarily in the late Bronze Age. This specific ideogram, catalogued as B160, is conventionally interpreted as representing "wheat" or a type of grain, functioning as a logogram in administrative records to denote the commodity itself rather than a spoken syllable. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows scholars and digital humanists to represent, transcribe, and analyze these early economic documents accurately in modern text formats, preserving a crucial link to early European literacy and trade.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+100A8 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram B160 |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐂨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐂨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDCA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000100A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udca8 |