U+100C8 "𐃈" Linear B Ideogram B232 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+100C8 "𐃈" Linear B Ideogram B232 is a specific symbol from the ancient Linear B script, which was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek, primarily on clay tablets dating from the 15th to 12th centuries BCE. This particular ideogram, designated as B232, represents a wheeled vehicle or chariot, likely a two wheeled cart or a war chariot, as such symbols in Linear B are often pictographic and associated with inventory or trade records. The character is part of the Linear B Ideograms block in Unicode, which preserves these ancient administrative symbols for modern digital encoding and scholarly study, allowing researchers to accurately transcribe and analyze the economic and military documentation of the Mycenaean civilization.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐃈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐃈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0x83 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD800 0xDCC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000100C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud800\udcc8 |
Unicode Properties