U+100CD "𐃍" Linear B Ideogram B241 Chariot Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+100CD "𐃍" Linear B Ideogram B241 Chariot is a script symbol from the Linear B syllabary used in ancient Mycenaean Greece, representing a chariot. This ideogram appears on administrative clay tablets from the second millennium BCE, where it was employed to record chariot inventories, parts, or ownership. Its inclusion in Unicode allows modern scholars and enthusiasts to digitally represent and study these early script records, bridging ancient archival practices with contemporary computing. As part of the Linear B Ideograms block, it preserves a tangible link to Aegean Bronze Age economy and military technology.

General Properties

Code Point U+100CD
Version Added 4.0
Name Linear B Ideogram B241 Chariot
Block Linear B Ideograms
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐃍
HTML Hex Encoding 𐃍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x83 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDCCD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000100CD
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udccd

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