U+100B5 "𐂵" Linear B Ideogram B173 Month Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐂵

U+100B5 "𐂵" Linear B Ideogram B173 Month is a symbol from the ancient Linear B script used in Mycenaean Greece primarily for administrative record keeping on clay tablets, where it functioned as a logogram representing a unit or concept related to a month, likely in a calendrical or agricultural accounting context. Deciphered from inscriptions found at sites like Knossos and Pylos, this ideogram is part of a complex writing system that combined syllabic signs with over 200 ideograms for goods, people, and time periods. Its inclusion in Unicode under the Linear B Ideograms block allows scholars and digital historians to accurately encode and study this early form of written language, preserving a key piece of Bronze Age economic and cultural documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+100B5
Version Added 4.0
Name Linear B Ideogram B173 Month
Block Linear B Ideograms
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐂵
HTML Hex Encoding 𐂵
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDCB5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000100B5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udcb5

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