U+100B9 "𐂹" Linear B Ideogram B178 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐂹
U+100B9 "𐂹" Linear B Ideogram B178 is a script symbol from the ancient Linear B writing system, which was used in Mycenaean Greece for administrative accounting between roughly 1450 and 1200 BCE. This specific ideogram, designated B178, represents a wheel or chariot wheel, typically found on clay tablets that recorded inventories of military equipment, chariot parts, and agricultural goods. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and linguists to digitally preserve and study these early economic documents, offering a window into the material culture and bureaucratic practices of the Mycenaean civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+100B9 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram B178 |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐂹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐂹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDCB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000100B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udcb9 |